English noun: battle of Boyne | |||
1. | battle of Boyne (act) a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts | ||
Synonyms | Boyne | ||
Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
Part meronym | War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg | ||
Domain region | Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland | ||