Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution;
they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
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2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
--Macaulay.
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No former king had involved himself so frequently in
the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
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3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
War; as, Continental money.
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The army before Boston was designated as the
Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial
army." --W. Irving.
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Continental Congress. See under Congress.
Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Continental Congress
n 1: the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the
rebel colonies who met during and after the American
Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and
framed Articles of Confederation