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AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER

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Meaning:

A nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("American Revolutionary leader" is a kind of...):

nationalist leader (the leader of a nationalist movement)

Instance hyponyms:

John Witherspoon; Witherspoon (American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794))

James Wilson; Wilson (American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798))

Jonathan Trumbull; Trumbull (American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785))

Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; Steuben (American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794))

Roger Sherman; Sherman (American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793))

Haym Salomon; Salomon (American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785))

Benjamin Rush; Rush (physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813))

Paul Revere; Revere (American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818))

Josiah Quincy; Quincy (American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775))

Paterson; William Patterson (American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806))

Paine; Robert Treat Paine (American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814))

Paine; Thomas Paine; Tom Paine (American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809))

Morris; Robert Morris (leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806))

George Mason; Mason (American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792))

Livingston; Robert R. Livingston (American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813))

Lee; Richard Henry Lee (leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794))

Henry Laurens; Laurens (leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792))

Huntington; Samuel Huntington (American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796))

Francis Hopkinson; Hopkinson (American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791))

Henry; Patrick Henry (a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799))

Hancock; John Hancock (American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793))

Hale; Nathan Hale (a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been 'I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776))

Benjamin Franklin; Franklin (printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790))

Dawes; William Dawes (American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799))

Adams; Sam Adams; Samuel Adams (American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803))

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