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

1 sense of nathan hale

Sense 1
Hale, Nathan Hale -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> American Revolutionary leader -- (a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States)