Plains of Abraham

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Plains of Abraham

(Placename) (functioning as singular) a field in E Canada between Quebec City and the St Lawrence River: site of an important British victory (1759) in the Seven Years' War, which cost the French their possession of Canada

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Battle Montcalm de Saint-Veran Quebec Quebec City Quebecer Quebecker			At daybreak tidings were carried to the Marquis de Montcalm that the English army was waiting to give him battle on the Plains of Abraham. Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context The dangerous precipice along whose rocky front, Wolfe and his brave companions climbed to glory; the Plains of Abraham, where he received his mortal wound; the fortress so chivalrously defended by Montcalm; and his soldier's grave, dug for him while yet alive, by the bursting of a shell; are not the least among them, or among the gallant incidents of history. American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context			plain speaking plain stitch plain text plain turkey plain vanilla plain wanderer plain weave plain-clothes Plain-dealing Plain-hearted plain-Jane plain-laid plain-spoken plain-woven Plainant plainchant plainclothes plainclothesman Plainfield Plaining plainly plainness plains Plains Indian plains lemon monarda Plains of Abraham plains pocket gopher plains pocket mouse plains spadefoot plains wanderer plainsman plainsong plainspoken plaint Plaintful plaintiff plaintiff in error plaintive plaintively plaintiveness Plaintless Plaisance Plaise plaister plait Plaited Plaiter plan plan for landing plan identification number plan information capability			plainness Plains Plains Plains Plains Plains Plains Plains All American Pipeline, LP Plains Apache Plains Apartment Association plains bahia Plains Blackhead Snake Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership Plains coreopsis Plains coreopsis plains cottage Plains Cotton Cooperative Association Plains Cotton Growers Plains Exploration and Production Company Plains Garter Snake Plains Garter Snake Plains house Plains Indian Plains Indian Plains Indian Ledger Art Plains Indian Sign Language Plains Indians Plains Indians plains lemon monarda plains milkweed Plains of Abraham Plains of Havoc Plains of Isaac Plains of Isaac plains plover-daisy plains pocket gopher plains pocket mouse Plains Quarter Horse Association Plains rattlesnake plains spadefoot Plains Spadefoot Toad Plains States Plains States Plains States Kodály Organization Plains Tribals Council of Assam Plains Viscacha plains wanderer plains wanderer Plains Wars Plains Zebra plains-type fold Plains-wanderer plainsman plainsmen plainsong plainsong Plainsong and Medieval Music Society

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