nathan hale

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Definition of nathan hale in English English dictionary

a US soldier who was caught by the British and hanged for being a spy (=someone whose job is to find out secret information about an enemy) during the American Revolutionary War. He is known for saying, before he was hanged, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" (1755-76). born June 6, 1755, Coventry, Conn. died Sept. 22, 1776, Manhattan Island, N.Y., U.S. American Revolutionary officer. After graduating from Yale University (1773), he became a schoolteacher. In 1775 he joined a Connecticut regiment and took part in the siege of Boston. Made a captain in 1776, he helped capture a British provision sloop on Long Island. Volunteering for spy duty, he penetrated British lines but was captured while returning and hanged without trial the next day at the age of

His last words reportedly were, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," a remark similar to one made in Joseph Addison's play Cato

Hyphenation

Na·than Hale

Turkish pronunciation

neythın heyl

Pronunciation

/ˈnāᴛʜən ˈhāl/ /ˈneɪθən ˈheɪl/