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FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by American Indian tribes); 1755-1760
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Holonyms ("French and Indian War" is a part of...):
Seven Years' War (a war of England and Prussia against France and Austria (1756-1763); Britain and Prussia got the better of it)