Faneuil

[ fan-l, -yuhl; formerly fuhn-l; spelling pronunciation fan-yoo-uhl ]

noun

1. Peter, 1700–43, American merchant: builder of Faneuil Hall.

Example Sentences

Senate President Karen Spilka emphasized the ties that Douglass — who lived for a time in the state and delivered speeches in the Senate chamber and at Boston’s Faneuil Hall — had to Massachusetts.

From Seattle Times

Organizers squeezed in a weekend of activities at historic sites in the area, including a pep rally, pull-up competition and debate at Faneuil Hall, a ceremony to mark the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and a tug-of-war at the Old North Bridge in Concord, the location of “the shot heard ’round the world.”

From Seattle Times

Cadets and Midshipmen will compete in the Patriot Games, including events such as tug of war and a relay race, from Boston Common and Faneuil Hall to Minute Man National Park near Lexington, which commemorates the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

From Washington Times

In calling for the hearing, Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson has filed a resolution decrying the building’s namesake, Peter Faneuil, as a “white supremacist, a slave trader, and a slave owner who contributed nothing recognizable to the ideal of democracy.”

From Seattle Times

The downtown meeting house was built for the city by Faneuil in 1742 and was where Samuel Adams and other American colonists made some of the earliest speeches urging independence from Britain.

From Seattle Times