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Definition of Selma
1. Noun. A town in central Alabama on the Alabama river; in 1965 it was the center of a drive to register Black voters.
Definition of Selma
1. Proper noun. (Arabic female given name). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selma
Literary usage of Selma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"selma with train No. 135, west bound, of the Southern Railway, due to leave selma
at 2:25 pm? "(2) IB it practicable to make said connection by extending ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"This Act, after reciting the dissolution of the City of selma and the repeal of
its charter, among many other provisions, formed the inhabitants residing ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"This Act, after reciting the dissolution of the City of selma and the repeal of
its charter, among many other provisions, formed the inhabitants residing ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"On the first instant the regiment was the third in the order of march of the
brigade, which was following the retreating enemy in the direction of selma, ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"39 to selma at an earlier hour than the present schedule, ... 39 between Richmond
and selma, the exacting nature of its work and connections, the absolute ..."
6. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... selma with Fourteen Thousand Effective Troops — The Most Magnificently Equipped
Body of Cavalry on the American Continent—Forrest Marches towards selma ..."
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