Harpers Ferry

or Harper's Ferry

[ hahr-perz ]

noun

1. a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.

Harper's Ferry

/ ˈhɑːpəz /

noun

1. a village in NE West Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers: site of an arsenal seized by John Brown (1859). Pop: 302 (2003 est)

Harpers Ferry

1. The place now in West Virginia where the militant abolitionist John Brown was captured in 1859, after he seized a federal arsenal there.