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Murfreesboro definition

Mur·frees·boro (mʉr′frēz bʉr′ō, -ə)

city in central Tenn.: site of a Union victory over Confederate forces during the Civil War (1863): pop. 69,000

Etymology: after Col. H. Murfree (1752-1809)

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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