(n)a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts, Syn.battle of Boyne
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n. a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690, where William III of England defeated the deposed James II and so ended Stuart Catholicism in England. Syn. -- battle of Boyne, battle of the Boyne. [ WordNet 1.5 ]