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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STAR-SPANGLED

STAR-SPANGLED Star "-span `gled, a.

 

Defn: Spangled or studded with stars. Star-spangled banner, the popular name for the national ensign of the United States. F. S. Key.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

star-spangled

star-span gled adjective literary covered, glittering, or decorated with stars: the star-spangled horizon. glitteringly successful: a star-spangled career. used humorously with reference to the US national flag and a perceived American identity: star-spangled decency.

 

Star-Spangled Banner

Star-Span gled Ban ner |stɑr ˈspæŋɡəld ˈbænər | the US national anthem, officially adopted in 1931. The words were written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key as a poem originally titled Defence of Fort M'Henry ” and were later put to a tune adapted from a popular English drinking song,To Anacreon in Heaven.

 

Oxford Dictionary

star-spangled

star-spangled adjective literary covered, glittering, or decorated with stars: the star-spangled horizon. impressively successful: a star-spangled career. used humorously with reference to the American national flag and a perceived American identity: star-spangled decency.

 

Star-spangled Banner

Star-spangled Banner a song written in 1814 with words composed by Francis Scott Key (1779 –1843 ) and a tune adapted from that of a popular English drinking song, To Anacreon in Heaven. It was officially adopted as the US national anthem in 1931.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

star-spangled

st r-sp ngled 形容詞 星をちりばめた .St r-Spangled B nner 1 the 米国国歌 〘1814年Francis Scott Keyが作った愛国歌; 1931年国歌として採択された 〙.2 星条旗 〘米国国旗 〙.