noun
1. 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Lincolnian
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑lawyer, ↑attorney, ↑President of the United States, ↑United States President, ↑President, ↑Chief Executive
2. capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska
• Syn: ↑capital of Nebraska
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑state capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑Nebraska, ↑Cornhusker State, ↑NE
• Part Meronyms: ↑University of Nebraska
3. long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire
• Hypernyms: ↑domestic sheep, ↑Ovis aries
Useful english dictionary. 2012.