CHANCELLORSVILLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chancellorsville mean? 

• CHANCELLORSVILLE (noun)
  The noun CHANCELLORSVILLE has 2 senses:

1. a village in northeastern Virginia

2. a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker

  Familiarity information: CHANCELLORSVILLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANCELLORSVILLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A village in northeastern Virginia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

Holonyms ("Chancellorsville" is a part of...):

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker

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:

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("Chancellorsville" is a part of...):

American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)