HyperDic: battle_of_bull_run

English > 1 sense of the expression Battle of Bull Run:
NOUNactBattle of Bull Run, Bull Runeither of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862)
English > Battle of Bull Run: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningEither of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles.
SynonymBull Run
Instance ofpitched battleA fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Part ofAmerican Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the Statescivil war in the United States between the North and the South
RegionVirginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Va.A state in the eastern United States
SpanishBull Run
CatalanBull Run

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