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An·der·son·ville (an′dər sən vil′)

town in SW central Ga.: site of a Confederate prison in the Civil War

Etymology: after Major Robt. Anderson (1805-71), U.S. Army

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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