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Definition of Stephen Decatur
1. Noun. United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stephen Decatur
Literary usage of Stephen Decatur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans: With Biographical ...by James Herring, James Barton Longacre by James Herring, James Barton Longacre (1854)
"Stephen Decatur was born in the county of Worcester, upon the eastern shore of
Maryland, ... His father, Stephen Decatur, a native of Newport, Rhode Island, ..."
2. The Library of American Biography by Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress), Jared Sparks (1846)
"Stephen Decatur. CHAPTER I. Settlement of Decatur Family in America. ... Birth of
Stephen Decatur the younger. — Makes a Voyage with his Father for the ..."
3. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1901)
"Stephen Decatur, with a picked crew, entered the harbor, boarded and captured
the frigate, and gave her to the flames. Both at home and abroad the effect of ..."
4. Naval Officers: Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (1919)
"Stephen Decatur was born January 5, 1779, at Sinepuxent, Worcester county ...
Stephen Decatur captured one gunboat by boarding her in a desperate encounter. ..."
5. Naval Actions of the War of 1812 by James Barnes (1896)
"He was named after his father, Stephen Decatur, who was born at Newport, but who
had at an early age removed to Philadelphia, where he had married the ..."
6. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"Stephen Decatur was bor n in the County of Worcester, upon the Eastern Shore of
Maryland ... His father, Stephen Decatur, a native of Newport, Rhode Island, ..."
7. Memoirs of the Generals, Commodores, and Other Commanders, who Distinguished by Thomas Wyatt (1848)
"Stephen Decatur. THE subject of the following brief sketch was born in Worcester
... He was the son of Stephen Decatur, a naval officer from the first ..."
8. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"Stephen Decatur was born in the County of Worcester, upon the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, ... His father, Stephen Decatur, a native of Newport, Rhode Island, ..."
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