MEUSE-ARGONNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meuse-Argonne mean? 

• MEUSE-ARGONNE (noun)
  The noun MEUSE-ARGONNE has 1 sense:

1. an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11

  Familiarity information: MEUSE-ARGONNE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEUSE-ARGONNE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Argonne; Argonne Forest; Meuse; Meuse-Argonne; Meuse-Argonne operation; Meuse River

Instance hypernyms:

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Meronyms (parts of "Meuse-Argonne"):

battle of St Mihiel; Saint-Mihiel; St Mihiel (a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holonyms ("Meuse-Argonne" is a part of...):

First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)