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Bannockburn

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Ban·nock·burn  (bnk-bûrn, bnk-bûrn)
A town of central Scotland north-northeast of Glasgow on the Bannock River, a tributary of the Forth. It was the site of Robert the Bruce's defeat of the English under Edward II on June 23, 1314.
Bannockburn [ˈbænəkˌbɜːn]
n
(Placename) a village in central Scotland, south of Stirling: nearby is the site of a victory (1314) of the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, over the English. Pop.: 2675 (1991)
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Noun1.Bannockburn - a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland
Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
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Barbour was born about six years after the battle of Bannockburn.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
But when Robert Bruce, on the black pony, rose in his stirrups, and lifting his good battle-axe, cracked at once the helmet and the skull of the too hasty knight at Bannockburn, then Tom felt all the exaltation of sympathy, and if he had had a cocoanut at hand, he would have cracked it at once with the poker.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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