Definition of Contenental
Con`ti*nen"tal (?), a.
1. Of or pertaining to a
continent.
2. Of or pertaining to the main land of
Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially
England; as, a continental tour; a continental
coalition. Macaulay.
No former king had involved himself so frequently
in the labyrinth of continental alliances.
Hallam.
3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining
to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the
Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.
The army before Boston was designated as the
Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial army."
W. Irving.
Continental Congress. See under
Congress. -- Continental system
(Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by
Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being
to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of
Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the
continent of Europe.
Con`ti*nen"tal (?), n. (Amer.
Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of
the Continental currency. See Continental,
a., 3.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of or relating to a continent or continents.
continental drift
- In the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands.
continental Europe
- (especially in the UK) Characteristic of the style of continental Europe, as opposed to British.
continental breakfast
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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