King William's War

noun

1. the war (1689–97) in which England and its American colonies and Indian allies opposed France and its Indian allies and which constituted the American phase of the War of the Grand Alliance.

Example Sentences

At the time, Cutter notes, English and French colonists and their Native American allies were embroiled in King William’s War, one of a number of conflicts between the rival settlers.

From Seattle Times

Before long, England and France were involved in a new phase of this dispute, which now seems part of a centuries-long conflict between the two countries, but at the time was variously called the Nine-Years’ War or King William’s War.

From The New Yorker

In 2003, Mary Beth Norton published “In the Devil’s Snare,” a majoring reinterpretation of the Salem trials arguing “these grim events must be understood in relation to King William’s War.”

From Forbes

I was bound thither to see the garrison houses that had withstood the onset of the Indians in King William's war.

From Project Gutenberg

In America the struggle is known as King William's War; in Europe it is usually referred to as the War of the Palatinate.

From Project Gutenberg