Germantown

[ jur-muhn-toun ]

noun

1. a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
2. a town in SW Tennessee.
3. a town in SE Wisconsin.
4. Informal. any U.S. city neighborhood heavily populated with persons of German descent.

Example Sentences

They had three young children and lived in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

From The Daily Beast

They retreated to Chester that night, marched the next day toward Philadelphia, and encamped near Germantown.

From Project Gutenberg

Hoping to drive them away, Washington surprised them, one morning, at Germantown.

From Project Gutenberg

Use Germantown worsted, white or any desired color, with a hook large enough to carry the yarn smoothly.

From Project Gutenberg

Use Germantown wool, cream-white or any color desired, and bone hook size 4, or a hook large enough to carry the wool easily.

From Project Gutenberg

"I envy you," said Wynne, with swift remembrance of the market-place in Germantown, the glow of battle in his gray Welsh eyes.

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