Fourth of July

noun

1. Independence Day.

Fourth of July

noun

1. the Fourth of July
   a holiday in the United States, traditionally celebrated with fireworks: the day of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 Official nameIndependence Day

Fourth of July

1. The day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776; Independence Day .

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fourth of July¹

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80

Example Sentences

Probably this belief is a heritage from that time in my boyhood when first I saw Fourth-of-July fireworks.

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Once there was a great Fourth-of-July celebration at which it was said a real Revolutionary soldier was to be present.

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It cannot be denied that our Fourth-of-July-men made a very impudent declaration, to say the least of it.

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I do not suppose that one of them could have delivered a fourth-of-July oration on Patriotism.

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Her voice was shrill as a night-bird's, and varied by sharp and sudden cracks, like fourth-of-July firecrackers.

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