SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does siege of Vicksburg mean? 

• SIEGE OF VICKSBURG (noun)
  The noun SIEGE OF VICKSBURG has 1 sense:

1. a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered

  Familiarity information: SIEGE OF VICKSBURG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIEGE OF VICKSBURG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

siege of Vicksburg; Vicksburg

Instance hypernyms:

beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

Domain region:

Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("siege of Vicksburg" is a part of...):

American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)