English Explanatory Dictionary

Harpers Ferry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small town in Jefferson County, West Virginia; best known as the site of a raid by John Brown in 1859, a major event in the origins of the American Civil War.
  2. John Brown's raid on said place.
  3. The Battle of Harpers Ferry, in the American Civil War.
  4. A minor city in Taylor Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States.

Word forms

Harpers Ferry

Etymology

From Harper's ferry, after a ferry operated by Robert Harper.

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