noun
1. United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)
• Syn: ↑Stephen Decatur
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval officer
2. a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Illinois, ↑Prairie State, ↑Land of Lincoln, ↑IL
3. a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
• Part Holonyms: ↑Alabama, ↑Heart of Dixie, ↑Camellia State, ↑AL
Useful english dictionary. 2012.