HyperDic: underground_railroad

English > 1 sense of the expression Underground Railroad:
NOUNactUnderground Railroad, Underground Railwaysecret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War
English > Underground Railroad: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningSecret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War.
SynonymUnderground Railway
Instance ofescape, flightThe act of escaping physically
SpanishFerrocarril Subterráneo, metro
Catalanferrocarril subterrani, Underground Railroad

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