shays

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Definition von shays im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: American Revolutionary soldier and insurrectionist who with a band of armed men raided a government arsenal in Springfield, Massachusetts, to protest the state legislature's indifference to the economic plight of farmers (1787). The raid, known as Shays's Rebellion, was quashed by militia
Shays's Rebellion: (1786-87) Uprising in western Massachusetts. In a period of economic depression and land seizures for debt collection, several hundred farmers led by Daniel Shays (1747?-1825), who had served as a captain in the Revolutionary army, marched on the state supreme court in Springfield, preventing it from carrying out foreclosures and debt collection. Shays then led about 1,200 men in an attack on the nearby federal arsenal, but they were repulsed by troops under Benjamin Lincoln. As a result of the uprising, the state enacted laws easing the economic condition of debtors
Shay: A male given name transferred from the surname; also a short form of Seamus
Shay: A surname of Irish origin, variant of Shea, anglicised from Ó Séaghdha
Shay: A female given name transferred from the surname
shay: A chaise
shay: a carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top; drawn by a single horse
shay: {i} light carriage

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/ˈsʜāz/ /ˈʃeɪz/

[ 'shA ] (noun.) 1717. back-formation from chaise, taken as plural.

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