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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun

Definition 1:
• One who burns down a barn.

Definition 2:
• Synonym of phosphorus match, a friction match that can be struck anywhere.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: phosphorus match
Labels: New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, slang

Definition 3:
• A sensationally exciting or successful event or person.
Labels: idiomatic
Noun

Definition 1:
• A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, around the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848.
Labels: government, politics, US, historical, slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barnburner