american revolutionary leader
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1. a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | nationalist leader, |
| definition | : | the leader of a nationalist movement (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | adams, sam adams, samuel adams, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | dawes, william dawes, |
| definition | : | American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | benjamin franklin, franklin, |
| definition | : | printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hale, nathan hale, |
| definition | : | a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | hancock, john hancock, |
| definition | : | American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | henry, patrick henry, |
| definition | : | a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | francis hopkinson, hopkinson, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader and patriot; a signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1791) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | huntington, samuel huntington, |
| definition | : | American revolutionary leader who signed the Declaration of Independence and was president of the Continental Congress (1731-1796) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | henry laurens, laurens, |
| definition | : | leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | lee, richard henry lee, |
| definition | : | leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | livingston, robert r. livingston, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | george mason, mason, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | morris, robert morris, |
| definition | : | leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army (1734-1806) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | paine, thomas paine, tom paine, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | paine, robert treat paine, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1731-1814) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | paterson, william patterson, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader (born in Ireland) who was a member of the Constitutional Convention (1745-1806) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | josiah quincy, quincy, |
| definition | : | American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | paul revere, revere, |
| definition | : | American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | benjamin rush, rush, |
| definition | : | physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | haym salomon, salomon, |
| definition | : | American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during the American Revolution (1740?-1785) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | roger sherman, sherman, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jonathan trumbull, trumbull, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | james wilson, wilson, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | john witherspoon, witherspoon, |
| definition | : | American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794) (noun.person) |
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