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Definition of Star-Spangled Banner
1. Noun. The national flag of the United States of America.
Definition of Star-Spangled Banner
1. Noun. A nickname for the national flag of the United States of America. ¹
2. Noun. The national anthem of the United States of America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Star-Spangled Banner
Literary usage of Star-Spangled Banner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1881)
"THE Star-Spangled Banner. IN order that all our readers may understand the
frontispiece this month, we copy below, from The American Historical Record, ..."
2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"THE Star-Spangled Banner By FRANCIS SCOTT KEY [When the British fleet in 1814
approached Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Francis Scott Key was on board. ..."
3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1898)
""THE Star-Spangled Banner." CONTRIBUTED BY MRS. REBECCA LLOYD SHIPPEN. [The
following extract from a letter of the late Hon. Roger B. Taney, Chief-Justice ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient ...by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"THE Star-Spangled Banner. BT FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. [1780-1843.] OH, say, can you
see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last ..."
5. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"And the rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air Gave proof thro' the night
that our flag was still there; Oh, say, does that Star Spangled banner yet ..."
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