Abner Doubleday
/ˌæbnə ˈdʌbldeɪ/
/ˌæbnər ˈdʌbldeɪ/
- (1819-93) a US general in the American Civil War. He was in Fort Sumter when it was attacked by the South. According to a story that is probably not true, he invented the game of baseball (in 1839).
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
Abner Doubleday