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Definition of Battleground

1. Noun. A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought. "They made a tour of Civil War battlefields"

Definition of Battleground

1. Noun. A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought. ¹

2. Noun. Figuratively, any subject of dispute or contention. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Battleground

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battleground

Literary usage of Battleground

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medieval and Modern Times: An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson (1919)
"How ITALY BECAME THE battleground OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS 54. In order to understand the Europe of Charles V ..."

2. The Historical Writings of John Fiske by John Fiske (1902)
"... York and Charleston, also, the con- became the signees threw up their commissions. In Boston, a similar demand was made, but the Ii • • battleground ..."

3. Outlines of European History by James Harvey Robinson, James Henry Breasted, Charles Austin Beard (1914)
"How ITALY BECAME THE battleground OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS In order to understand the Europe of Charles V and the constant wars ..."

4. The Chinese by John Stuart Thomson (1909)
"The future battleground of Chinese, Russians and Japanese: I country near Mukden, Manchuria. Japanese infantry charging the Russian trenches. 1905. ..."

5. History of Europe, Ancient and Medieval: Earliest Man, the Orient, Greece by James Henry Breasted, James Harvey Robinson (1920)
"How ITALY BECAME THE battleground OF THE EUROPEAN POWERS 723. Charles VIII of France invades Italy. In order to understand the Europe of Charles V and the ..."

6. Alsace-Lorraine: A Study in Conquest: 1913 by David Starr Jordan (1916)
"'Alsace-Lorraine, a battleground Alsace-Lorraine now finds no hope in armed conflict for its people have seen war and know what it is. ..."

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