Definition: Meaning of, Bunker Hill, the Battle of in English to English dictionary.
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the first main battle of the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, in Boston, Massachusetts in 1775. Although the British army won the battle, the American COLONIST s killed and wounded more than 1000 British soldiers, and proved that their army was more powerful and effective than the British expected them to be.