Burgoyne
[ ber-goin ]
/ bərˈgɔɪn /
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noun
John, 1722–92, British general and dramatist: surrendered at Saratoga in American Revolutionary War.
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Burgoyne
/ (bɜːˈɡɔɪn) /
noun
John . 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
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