Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cumberland

2 senses of cumberland

Sense 1
Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland -- (English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 2
Cumberland, Cumberland River -- (a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")