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SEWARD'S FOLLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Seward's Folly mean? 

SEWARD'S FOLLY (noun)
  The noun SEWARD'S FOLLY has 1 sense:

1. the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russiaplay

  Familiarity information: SEWARD'S FOLLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEWARD'S FOLLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

dealing; dealings; transaction (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities))


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