Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; 
 the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843); 
[syn: Key, Francis Scott Key]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Francis Scott Key
    n 1: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after
         witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War
         of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The
         Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) [syn: Key, Francis
         Scott Key]