noun
1. a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
• Syn: ↑Maryland, ↑Old Line State, ↑MD
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state
• Part Holonyms:
↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Mid-Atlantic states, ↑South
• Part Meronyms:
↑Aberdeen, ↑Annapolis, ↑capital of Maryland, ↑Baltimore, ↑Fort Meade, ↑Fort George Gordon Meade, ↑Fort George G. Meade, ↑Frederick, ↑Hagerstown, ↑Chesapeake Bay, ↑Potomac, ↑Potomac River, ↑Susquehanna, ↑Susquehanna River
2. a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
• Syn: ↑Orange Free State
• Part Holonyms: ↑South Africa, ↑Republic of South Africa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.