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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution;
[syn: Yorktown, siege of Yorktown]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

siege of Yorktown
    n 1: in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a
         siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the
         surrender ended the American Revolution [syn: Yorktown,
         siege of Yorktown]