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Coventry1 definition

Cov·en·try (kuv′ən trē, käv′-)

noun

a state of banishment; ostracism to send someone to Coventry

Etymology: prob. 17th-c. Cavalier use: the town was strongly Roundhead

Coventry2 definition

Cov·en·try (kuv′ən trē, käv′-)

city in central England, in West Midlands: county district pop. 294,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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