HyperDic: underground_railway

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

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