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Shays (s̸hāz)

Shays, Daniel 1747?-1825; Am. Revolutionary soldier: leader of an insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in W Mass. (1786-87) in reaction to high land taxes

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