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

1 sense of harpers ferry

Sense 1
Harpers Ferry, Harper's Ferry -- (a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")