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[syn: Boyne, battle of Boyne]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Boyne \Boyne\ n.
a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690,
where William III of England defeated the deposed James II
and so ended Stuart Catholicism in England.
Syn: battle of Boyne, battle of the Boyne.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Boyne
n 1: a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in
1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so
ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England
by the Stuarts [syn: Boyne, battle of Boyne]