French and Indian War
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- noun
- /frɛntʃ ənd ˈɪndiən wɔr/
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Guerra Franco-India
- Jemison, from an Irish Protestant immigrant family who had settled on the Pennsylvania frontier, was captured as a girl by Indians during the French and Indian War, lived out her life as a Seneca woman, and gave birth to children whose descendants are today recognized members of the Seneca Nation.
Yeah, well, you know, George Washington was a Courier for General Braddock, one of the English generals during the French and Indian War.
- Yeah, well, you know, George Washington was a Courier for General Braddock, one of the English generals during the French and Indian War.
Examples
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I also love to see French and Indian War reenactments at Fort Ticonderoga.
Blog text (32) -
The British controlled the straits after the French and Indian War.
Academic text (2003) -
This is where the Seven Years War, known locally as the French and Indian War, had started.
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I lost most of my hearing and my left leg ... when I fought for the Crown in the French and Indian War.
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Having fought in every conflict from the French and Indian War to the Gulf crisis, the family believed its contributions would speak for themselves.
Fiction book (1995) -
Many had already fought during the French and Indian War (1755-1763).
Academic text (1992) -
The Catawba were treated well because they had a long-term friendship with the English that included sending men to fight alongside Colonel George Washington in the French and Indian War and alongside the English in the Cherokee War.
Academic text (1995) -
The ink had hardly dried on the court's ruling when the Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War in 1763, making French and Spanish vessels no longer fair game, and dashing any aspirations Lyford may have had for returning to privateering in the Caribbean.
Academic text (2007) -
The British captured the fort during the French and Indian War.
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George Washington was fired upon by fellow British soldiers during the French and Indian War in 1758.
Synonyms
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A major war from 1756 to 1763 between many European countries with battles in Europe and North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is partly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'French', 'Indian', and 'war' will infer it refers to a war involving French and Indian parties. However, as a proper name for a specific historical conflict (1754–1763) the full meaning—who fought whom (France vs Britain with Native American allies), the time period, and the historical context—cannot be derived from the words alone, and 'Indian' may be ambiguous for learners, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
French and Indian War comes from how British colonists described the fighting: they fought the French and the Indian tribes who sided with them. So the name helps you remember it was the war in North America where France and its Native American allies fought Britain.