Patriots' Day

Patriots' Day
the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.

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  • Patriots' Day — (sometimes spelled Patriot s Day or Patriots Day) is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is observed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts… …   Wikipedia

  • Patriots' Day — Pa tri*ots Day A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • patriots' day — noun Usage: usually capitalized P&D : April 19 commemorating the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 and observed as a legal holiday in Maine and Massachusetts * * * the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Patriots'Day — Pa·tri·ots Day (pāʹtrē əts, ŏts ) n. The third Monday in April, a holiday in Maine and Massachusetts commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775, which began the American Revolution. * * * …   Universalium

  • Patriots' Day — Pa′triots Day n. cvb the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine …   From formal English to slang

  • Patriots' Day — noun Date: 1897 the third Monday in April observed as a legal holiday in Maine and Massachusetts in commemoration of the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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