chaeronea

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Noun

HYPHEN

Chaer=o=ne=a

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chaeronea has 1 sense

chaeronea(n = noun.act) - a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC);

is a kind of

pitched battle

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CIDE DICTIONARY

chaeronea, n.

either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC). [WordNet 1.5]