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

1 sense of boyne

Sense 1
Boyne, battle of Boyne -- (a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

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