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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 Washingtonplay

  Familiarity information: PRESIDENTS' DAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRESIDENTS' DAY (noun)


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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