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Decatur   /dɪkˈeɪtər/   Listen
Decatur

noun
1.
United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820).  Synonym: Stephen Decatur.
2.
A city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here.
3.
A town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River.



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"Decatur" Quotes from Famous Books



... for they had about as nasty a fight as any part of the Army, and if it had not been for their being just where they were, I am not sure but what the old Seventeenth Corps would have had a different story to tell now. We found our friends had been way out by Decatur, where their brigade had got into a pretty lively fight on their ...
— Andersonville, complete • John McElroy
... Frazee of Knoxville Pilgrim Church was received "by letter" into the Central South Association. Also Rev. Lot Lake of the Welsh Church, and Rev. F.E. Jenkins of New Decatur. The latter reported his church as expecting to join in the near future. The Plymouth Church Knoxville, was received in response to its application, by letter; the two delegates appointed, business men, were hindered from coming. However we have these tokens of the blessed Gospel spirit ...
— The American Missionary, Vol. 44, No. 5, May 1890 • Various


Words linked to "Decatur" :   Heart of Dixie, Camellia State, town, urban center, il, al, Alabama, metropolis, Land of Lincoln, city, Prairie State, naval officer, Illinois


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