Results for eagle

Definitions of eagle:

part of speech: noun

A large bird of prey: a military standard, carrying the figure of an eagle: a gold coin of the United States, worth ten dollars.

part of speech: noun

A large bird of prey; from the figure of an eagle, the military standard of anc. Rome, now of France, and of U. S. of Amer.; in Amer. a gold coin equal to 10 dollars.

part of speech: noun

A bird of prey of the falcon family; the ten dollar gold piece of the United States.

Usage examples for eagle:

• Together let them nurse the sick eagle "Dreamers of the Ghetto", I. Zangwill

• " Finally one night I'd gone to bed feeling particularly unhappy because a big eagle I had seen flying about in the sky could do things I couldn't. "Andiron Tales", John Kendrick Bangs

• Thus they whispered among themselves, and the Eagle heard them, and was pleased. "The Curious Book of Birds", Abbie Farwell Brown

• Mr. Brown tried to talk as he thought Eagle Feather would understand. "Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Big Woods", Laura Lee Hope