[
US
/ˈfɛɹəɡət/
]
NOUN
- United States admiral who commanded Union ships during the American Civil War (1801-1870)
How To Use Farragut In A Sentence
- In 1990, paying in installments, he bought a hot dog cart licensed for Farragut Square. At Farragut Square, mourning the burrito man who became a friend
- Or were his visions of an English "reefer" being thrashed on his own ship by a young American prisoner, who was thereafter to write his name in history as "Salamander" Farragut? Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
- In the Battle of Mobile Bay (August 1864) Adm. David Farragut defeated a major Confederate flotilla and secured Union control of the area.
- He liked to think he had learned the lessons of Admiral Nelson, John Paul Jones, and David Farragut well enough to become an admiral. BALANCE OF POWER
- If the Union could capture New Orleans, it would control the Mississippi River. President Lincoln appointed navy officer David Farragut to lead the attack on New Orleans.
- He liked to think he had learned the lessons of Admiral Nelson, John Paul Jones, and David Farragut well enough to become an admiral. BALANCE OF POWER
