GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gettysburg Address mean? 

• GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (noun)
  The noun GETTYSBURG ADDRESS has 1 sense:

1. a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863)

  Familiarity information: GETTYSBURG ADDRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GETTYSBURG ADDRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November 19, 1863)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)