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Webster 1913 Edition


Campaign

Cam-paign′

,
Noun.
[F.
campagne
, It.
campagna
, fr. L.
Campania
the level country about Naples, fr.
campus
field. See
Camp
, and cf.
Champaign
,
Champagne
.]
1.
An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. See
Champaign
.
Grath.
2.
(Mil.)
A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field.
Wilhelm.
5.
(Metal.)
The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

Cam-paign′

,
Verb.
I.
To serve in a campaign.

Webster 1828 Edition


Campaign

CAMPAIGN

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