English Explanatory Dictionary

Underground Railroad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The pre-American Civil War anti-slavery resistance movement dedicated to helping escaped slaves to reach safe territory.
noun
  1. A clandestine network used to exfiltrate dissidents out of their country.

Word forms

Underground Railroad the Underground Railroad Underground Railway underground railroads

Etymology

After the historical Underground Railroad in the United States.

Related words

underground railway

Derived words

underground railroad
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