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Fort Sum·ter (sum′tər)

fort in Charleston harbor, S.C., where Confederate troops fired the first shots of the Civil War (April 12, 1861)

Etymology: after Gen T. Sumter, 1734-1832

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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