Remembrance Sunday

noun

: a holiday that is observed on the Sunday closest to November 11 to honor the people who were killed in the two World Wars

Full Definition of REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

: a Sunday that is usually closest to November 11 and that in Great Britain is set aside in commemoration of the end of hostilities in 1918 and 1945

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