UNDERGROUND RAILWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Underground Railway mean? 

• UNDERGROUND RAILWAY (noun)
  The noun UNDERGROUND RAILWAY has 1 sense:

1. secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War

  Familiarity information: UNDERGROUND RAILWAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERGROUND RAILWAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Underground Railroad; Underground Railway

Instance hypernyms:

escape; flight (the act of escaping physically)