Definitions for: Boston


[n] state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services



Webster (1913) Definition: Bos"ton, n.
A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of
fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston,
Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the
French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

Synonyms: Beantown, capital of Massachusetts, Hub of the Universe

See Also: battle of Bunker Hill, Bay State, Beacon Hill, Bunker Hill, Charlestown Navy Yard, MA, Massachusetts, Old Colony, state capital

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