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

1 sense of denmark vesey

Sense 1
Vesey, Denmark Vesey -- (United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822))
       INSTANCE OF=> slave -- (a person who is owned by someone)
       INSTANCE OF=> insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel -- (a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions))