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1. (n.) Yorktown
a village in SE Virginia: surrender in 1781 of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution.
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1. (noun) Yorktown
a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
2. (noun) Yorktown, siege of Yorktown
in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
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1. yorktown
a small town in Virginia, U.S., on the York River, where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in 1781.
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