Meaning of BOSTON
Pronunciation: | | 'bostun
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services |
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| Synonyms: | | Beantown, capital of Massachusetts, Hub of the Universe |
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| See Also: | | battle of Bunker Hill, Bay State, Beacon Hill, Bunker Hill, Charlestown Navy Yard, MA, Massachusetts, Old Colony, state capital | |
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| Definition: | | Boston Description not available. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Bos"ton\, n.
A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of
fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston,
Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the
French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
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