nathan hale

1. 1.

   a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)

   SynonymsHale

   BroaderAmerican Revolutionary leader

Questions about nathan hale

What does nathan hale mean?

nathan hale means "a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)".

What is another word for nathan hale?

Close synonyms include Hale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nathan hale a common word?

nathan hale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.