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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent);
- Example: "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
[syn: banishment, ostracism, Coventry]

2. an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. [1913 Webster] To send to Coventry, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Coventry n 1: the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" [syn: banishment, ostracism, Coventry] 2: an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century