About The Word Continental
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What's The Definition Of Continental?
[adj] being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of N America or Europe; "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the continental divide"; "continental drift" [adj] of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental breakfast" [adj] of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the Revolutionary War; "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress" Synonyms | Synonyms for Continental: continent-wide | transcontinental Related Terms | Find terms related to Continental: See Also | Continental In Webster's Dictionary \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
--Macaulay.
No former king had involved himself so frequently in
the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
War; as, Continental money.
The army before Boston was designated as the
Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
General Gage, which was called the ``Ministerial
army.'' --W. Irving.
{Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}.
{Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
\Con`ti*nen"tal\, n. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See {Continental}, a., 3. |
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