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Mason-Dixon Line

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Ma·son-Dix·on Line  (msn-dksn)
The boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland, regarded as the division between free and slave states before the Civil War. It was established between 1763 and 1767 by the British surveyors Charles Mason (1730-1787) and Jeremiah Dixon (died 1777).
Mason-Dixon Line, Mason and Dixon Line [ˈmeɪsə n ˈdɪksən]
n
(Social Science / Human Geography) the state boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania: surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon; popularly regarded as the dividing line between North and South, esp between the free and the slave states before the American Civil War
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Noun1.Mason-Dixon Line - the boundary between Maryland and PennsylvaniaMason-Dixon line - the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War
Mason and Dixon line, Mason and Dixon's line
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