West Point

noun

1. a military reservation in SE New York, on the Hudson: U.S. Military Academy.

West Point

noun

1. the US Army installation in New York State that houses the US Military Academy

West Point

1. A village in New York .

Notes

Benedict Arnold was given command of the fort at West Point during the Revolutionary War . Arnold arranged to betray the fort, which controlled the Hudson River , in exchange for a British commission and a sum of money.

Location of the United States Military Academy, which is often referred to as West Point.

Example Sentences

It sits at the end of a long driveway behind a thick row of trees in the small rural town of West Point, where breeding dogs and puppies outnumber residents nearly 2 to 1.

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“I was born in West Point, Neb., and lived in Butte, a small town of 400 where community was a way of life,” said Walz, 60.

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I fought in Iraq, earned two Bronze Stars and taught military strategy at West Point.

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A West Point graduate, Hoover rose to the rank of three-star lieutenant general in the U.S.

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Military Academy at West Point that his agency was concerned about “a rogues’ gallery” of foreign organizations calling for violence against Americans.

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