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Meaning of 'historic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Historic [ a.]
- Alt. of Historical

Meaning of 'historic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . historic [ s]
Meaning (1):
- belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past
Example in sentence:
  • a historical character;
  • historic victories;
  • historical (or historic) times
Meaning (2):
- important in history
Example in sentence:
  • the historic first voyage to outer space

Nearby Words:

his hisingerite hispanic hispanicism hispanicize hispid hispidulous hiss hissed hissing

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