English noun: Boyne | |||
| 1. | 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 | battle of Boyne | ||
| Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
| Part meronym | War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg | ||
| Domain region | Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland | ||