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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The third Monday in April, a holiday in Maine and Massachusetts commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, which began the American Revolution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- United States A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the 3rd Monday in April; Massachusetts and Maine celebrate the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775
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