Decatur
[di'keitə]
Definition
(noun.) a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River.
(noun.) a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here.
(noun.) United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820).
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Examples
- He got a railroad pass as far as Decatur, and walked a hundred and fifty miles from there to Nashville. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Decatur has been abandoned, and so have all the roads except the main one leading to Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were sent the same day by way of Decatur. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our troops were gradually worked around to the east until they struck the road between Decatur and Atlanta. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had so little money left that I nearly starved at Decatur, Alabama, and had to stay three days before going on north to Nashville. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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