Revolutionary War

Proper noun

Meaning

Revolutionary War

Any of several revolutionary wars (wars of revolution), taken specifically.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

American Revolutionary War civil war American Revolution

Examples

America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols. Bill Shuster

A revolutionary war against a modern metropolitan state can only be fought in hell. Nick Land

The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. Mao Zedong

If the Founding Fathers and other patriots who fought during the Revolutionary War could see the United States today, I believe they would be proud of the path that the thirteen colonies, now fifty strong states, have taken since then. John Linder

Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation. By and large, the Revolutionary War wasn't at all great for business. Henry Rollins

For the first time in American history, the Executive Branch of our government has not only condoned but actively promoted the treatment of captives in wartime that clearly involves torture, thus overturning a prohibition established by General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Al Gore

Close letter words and terms

Revolutionary Proletarian Nucleus revolutionary socialism Revolutionary United Front revolutionary war council revolutioneer revolutioner