Meaning Of The Word Trojan War

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Trojan War in American English
the ten-year war waged against Troy by the Greeks in order to reclaim King Menelaus' wife, Helen, who has been abducted by Paris
noun: a ten-year war waged by the confederated Greeks under Agamemnon against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, by Paris, son of the Trojan king Priam, and ending in the plundering and burning of Troy

Trojan War in British English
noun: a war fought by the Greeks against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen from her Greek husband Menelaus by Paris, son of the Trojan king. It lasted ten years and ended in the sack of Troy

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