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Definition of National anthem
1. Noun. A song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation.
Definition of National anthem
1. Noun. The official song of a nation or country, generally of a patriotic nature and played at events to celebrate or honor the nation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of National Anthem
Literary usage of National anthem
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by John Todhunter, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman (1880)
"Or guilty fraud, or base compliances national anthem.i Her murdered Queen!
Pave with swift victory The steps of Liberty, Whom Britons own to be GOD prosper, ..."
2. Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, and the Proposed Interoceanic Canal by Ephraim George Squier (1852)
"... LION—VIRTUES OF AGUARDIENTE—AN " OBSEQUIO" OR TORCH-LIGHT PROCESSION IN HONOR
OF THE UNITED STATE3—A national anthem—NIGHT WITH THE FLEAS—FOURTH OF JULY ..."
3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"... the national anthem, " God save our Noble Queen," there came a sudden choking
in my throat at thought of the reconciliation of the two peoples, ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"the national anthem, " God save our Noble Queen," there came a sudden choking in
my throat at thought of the reconciliation of the two peoples, ..."
5. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1908)
"HAVE WE A national anthem ? (To the Editor of THE DIAL.) I have read with interest
your comments on " A national anthem to Order," in connection with the ..."
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