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Green Mountain Boys

plural noun

  1. the soldiers from Vermont in the American Revolution, originally organized by Ethan Allen around 1770 to oppose the territorial claims of New York.


Green Mountain Boys

plural noun

  1. the members of the armed bands of Vermont organized in 1770 to oppose New York's territorial claims. Under Ethan Allen they won fame in the War of American Independence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

In front of the building he uses for instruction, Mr. Banyai flies the flag of the Green Mountain Boys, the militia formed in 1770 to keep out land surveyors from New York, then a British province.

Following the Black Lives Matter Flag, the Thin Blue Line flag will be raised in January, then a flag for the Green Mountain Boys in February, and then an Irish heritage flag in March.

Following the Black Lives Matter Flag, the Thin Blue Line flag will be raised in January, then a flag for the Green Mountain Boys in February, and then an Irish heritage flag in March.

A dream proposal he would love to see, Spivak said, would include construction of replicas of the Catamount Tavern, a hangout of the Green Mountain Boys and other American contingents around the time of the battle; a storehouse like those that were targets of the raid by British and Hessian troops - the catalyst for the Aug. 16, 1777, battle; the original village meeting house and other 18th century features of Bennington.

It will also recreate the eviction of a “Yorker,” the settlers from New York that Allen and the Green Mountain Boys drove out of Vermont.

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