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Lincoln

Lincoln

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The 16th President of the United States who led the country during the Civil War and ended slavery
  • proper noun
  • /ˈlɪŋkən/
translation icon : Abraham Lincoln
  • Read the part about Mariano Vallejo... and his meeting with Abraham Lincoln.
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • President Lincoln
  • Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

You should pursue, as Abraham Lincoln said, a team of rivals.

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Examples

  • President Lincoln declared martial law in 1862.

  • His most recent book is Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words.

    Academic text (2012)
  • And his name was Abraham Lincoln, now in the South.

  • I go to Abraham Lincoln High School.

  • And as Abraham Lincoln had said: ""No one is above the law, no one is below the law. ""

  • In July of the same year, Lincoln again appealed publicly to the border states.

    Academic text (1999)
  • You should pursue, as Abraham Lincoln said, a team of rivals.

  • Finally, after the battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln moved to proclaim a national day of Thanksgiving.

    Academic text (1991)
  • If this spring goes badly for the Union, then Mr. Lincoln's reelection will fail.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is known for his role in abolishing slavery.

Synonyms

Abraham Lincoln
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The 16th President of the United States who led the country during the Civil War and ended slavery

is identical in meaning and used here as the main entry
President Lincoln
vsLincoln
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The 16th President of the United States who led the country during the Civil War and freed the slaves

refers more broadly to ending slavery rather than a single proclamation

The 16th United States President who led the country during the Civil War and freed slaves

stresses national leadership and abolition more generally

Compounds

A large building in Washington, D.C. that honors President Abraham Lincoln and has a big marble statue of him

A public university in Lincoln, Nebraska, that does research and is the main campus of the state university system

A nickname for Illinois in the United States because Abraham Lincoln lived there

The 16th United States President who led the country during the Civil War and freed slaves

Surface Forms

Lincoln main

Etymology

Lincoln as the family name of President Lincoln comes from the English town Lincoln, whose old name meant 'lake' or 'pool'. So his last name simply showed the place his family came from, and that is why we call him Lincoln.