Boyne

[ boin ]

/ bɔɪn /

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noun

a river in E Ireland: William III defeated James II near here 1690. 70 miles (110 km) long.

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How to use Boyne in a sentence

In Northern Ireland “the past” starts, at the latest, with the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Up to a Point: The U.S. Government’s Minimum Wage Is $430 Million Per Hour|P. J. O’Rourke|March 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eighteen months later, that brigade had been the first to plunge into the waters of the Boyne.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
Boyne looked at the sheaf of certificates in Fogg's hand; he bent frightened gaze on the documents stacked on the desk.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
With a fine affectation of grief and surprise, he snapped the transmitter upon the hook and whirled on Boyne.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day

Ten minutes later the record had been mailed and the flustered Boyne was trotting around town with Mr. Fogg.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
Her age was eighty-three, and she had survived the fatal Battle of the Boyne forty years!
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall|W. R. H. Trowbridge

British Dictionary definitions for Boyne

Boyne

/ (bɔɪn) /

noun

a river in the E Republic of Ireland, rising in the Bog of Allen and flowing northeast to the Irish Sea: William III of England defeated the deposed James II in a battle (Battle of the Boyne) on its banks in 1690, completing the overthrow of the Stuart cause in Ireland. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)

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