Germantown
Americannoun
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a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
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a town in SW Tennessee.
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a town in SE Wisconsin.
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Informal. any U.S. city neighborhood heavily populated with persons of German descent.
Example Sentences
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She was wounded at Germantown and received a pension from Virginia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Also here are Anna and John Lane, a husband and wife, both of whom were at the Battle of Germantown in Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
I sat next to Allen and Stephanie, a couple from the Memphis suburb of Germantown.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
He also put together investors to establish a bank in Germantown and later joined with others in opening a Memphis-style barbecue restaurant in Arlington, Va.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
Now, as Atzerodt takes refuge at a cousin’s house in the small community of Germantown, Maryland, twenty miles northwest of Washington, a cavalry detachment knocks at the door.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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