Statue of Liberty

noun

1. a large copper statue, on Liberty Island, in New York harbor, depicting a woman holding a burning torch: designed by F. A. Bartholdi and presented to the U.S. by France; unveiled 1886.
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Statue of Liberty

noun

1. a monumental statue personifying liberty, in New York Harbor, on Liberty Island: a gift from France, erected in 1885 Official nameLiberty Enlightening the World

Statue of Liberty

1. A giant statue on an island in the harbor of New York City ; it depicts a woman representing liberty, raising a torch in her right hand and holding a tablet in her left. At its base is inscribed a poem by Emma Lazarus that contains the lines “ Give me your tired, your poor , / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Frederic Bartholdi, a Frenchman, was the sculptor. France gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States in the nineteenth century; it was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in sections and reassembled. The statue was overhauled and strengthened in the 1980s.

Notes

For many immigrants who came to the United States by ship in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Statue of Liberty made a permanent impression as the first landmark they saw as they approached their new home.

Example Sentences

We were sitting next to a group of diners, one of them a young woman decked out with inflatable versions of the Statue of Liberty’s crown and torch.

From Salon

Why is the Statue of Liberty calling for a right-handed relief pitcher?

From Los Angeles Times

"I wouldn't endorse it but I could see them becoming a Belfast equivalent of the Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty, with people being shipped up to the top to drink expensive coffee," he joked.

From BBC

The Statue of Liberty it's a political figure, a landmark, and it's a historic thing.

From Salon

The band was left by the tallest waves of the sloshing water in the valley, with a high-water mark that was more than twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.

From Salon