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PRESIDENTS' DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Presidents' Day mean?
• PRESIDENTS' DAY (noun)
The noun PRESIDENTS' DAY has 1 sense:
1. the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington
Familiarity information: PRESIDENTS' DAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Presidents' Day" is a kind of...):
legal holiday; national holiday; public holiday (authorized by law and limiting work or official business)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Holonyms ("Presidents' Day" is a part of...):
Feb; February (the month following January and preceding March)
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