Armistice Day

Armistice Day
noun
a legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954
Part Holonyms: ↑November, ↑Nov

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noun, pl ⋯ Days [count, noncount]
US old-fashioned :

veterans day

— used before the official adoption of Veterans Day in 1954

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Armistice Day [Armistice Day]
11 November, the anniversary of the end of ↑World War I, also calledPoppy Day. People used to stop what they were doing at 11 a.m. on Armistice Day and stand in silence for two minutes to remember the dead. After ↑World War II it was replaced by ↑Remembrance Sunday in Britain and Veterans' Day in America.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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