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Word of the Day for Saturday, July 4, 2009rampart \ram-pahrt\, noun: 1. A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top. To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, There is no rampart that will hold out against malice. Rampart derives from Middle French remparer, equivalent to re + emparer "to take the possesion of." | |||||||||
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