| Definition of 'nathan hale' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Hale, Nathan Hale
a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. nathan hale
An asterisk (see also splat,
ASCII). Oh, you want an etymology? Notionally,
from “I regret that I have only one asterisk for my country!”,
a misquote of the famous remark uttered by Nathan Hale just before he was
hanged. Hale was a (failed) spy for the rebels in the American War of
Independence.
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