BANNOCKBURN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bannockburn mean? 

• BANNOCKBURN (noun)
  The noun BANNOCKBURN has 1 sense:

1. a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland

  Familiarity information: BANNOCKBURN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANNOCKBURN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

 Context examples 

So urgent a message had not been issued within the memory of old lay-brother Athanasius, who had cleaned the Abbey knocker since the year after the Battle of Bannockburn.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)