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Fort Mc·Hen·ry (mək hen′rē)

fort in Baltimore harbor, Md., where the British were repulsed in 1814

Etymology: after J. McHenry, U.S. Secretary of War, 1796-1800

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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