Green Mountain Boys

American  

plural noun

1. the soldiers from Vermont in the American Revolution, originally organized by Ethan Allen around 1770 to oppose the territorial claims of New York.

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Green Mountain Boys British  

plural noun

1. the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence

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Example Sentences

Ethan Allen, the self-taught leader of the Green Mountain Boys, insisted that the inhabitants of these other earths included intelligent beings just like us.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2015

Colonel Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys attack Fort Ticonderoga and seize gateway to Lake Champlain and water route to Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the pre-dawn hours of May 10, 85 descendants of Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen and his followers, the Green Mountain Boys, will raft across Lake Champlain from Hands Cove, Vt., to retake Fort Ticonderoga.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems that Ethan Allen, 38, the argumentative hero of Fort Ticonderoga, is giving almost as much trouble to the British as he did when he was commander of the Green Mountain Boys.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having no choice but to comply, Captain Delaplace at once ordered his men to parade without arms, and Ticonderoga with all its cannon and military stores was surrendered to the Green Mountain Boys.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)