Shays

[sheyz]

noun

1. Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection Shays' Rebellion in Massachusetts 1786–87.

Shays

/ ʃeɪz /

noun

1. Daniel. ?1747–1825, American soldier and revolutionary leader of a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers against the US government (1786–87)

Example Sentences

“Harris will want to be centre-left, not far-left,” said Chris Shays, a former Republican congressman from Connecticut who attended the Democratic Convention this year.

From BBC

According to Mr Shays, the vice-president will be pulled to the American political middle because that is where the nation is.

From BBC

“A lot of us are wrestling with, how can we support him when he’s gone so far to the left?” said former Representative Chris Shays, Republican of Connecticut, who endorsed Biden in 2020 but said he was “unlikely” to do so again.

From New York Times

The Shays got the last word, with Stephan taking home the first-place medal and $4,000 prize.

From Los Angeles Times

From the ratification of the Constitution until the end of Reconstruction, the U.S. experienced many violent episodes that were contemporaneously identified as insurrections, from Shays’ Rebellion, in 1786, and the Whiskey Rebellion, in 1794, to the Civil War.

From Slate