Shays

American  

[sheyz] / ʃeɪz /

noun

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

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Shays British  

/ ʃeɪz /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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

Although this shallow heating can be devastating for the reefs, it has less influence on storms, which depend more on deep wells of water, Shays says.

From Scientific American

House members, Tom Coleman of Missouri, Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island and Christopher Shays of Connecticut; and a host of attorneys, commissioners, chiefs of staff and other officials from previous Democratic and Republican presidential administrations.

From Seattle Times