battle of boyne

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battle of boyne - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  battle of Boyne
      n 1: a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in
           1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so
           ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England
           by the Stuarts [syn: Boyne, battle of Boyne]