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STONEWALL JACKSON

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• STONEWALL JACKSON (noun)
The noun STONEWALL JACKSON has 1 sense:

1. general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)

Familiarity information: STONEWALL JACKSON used as a noun is very rare.

• STONEWALL JACKSON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

General in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Stonewall Jackson; Thomas J. Jackson; Thomas Jackson; Thomas Jonathan Jackson; Jackson

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

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