field of honor

noun

A battlefield; any place where a fight, battle, duel, etc., is fought.

Meanings

nounfield of honor (plural fields of honor)

plural fields of honor · alternative field of honour

  1. A battlefield; any place where a fight, battle, duel, etc., is fought.

    Neither had ever mentioned the duel or the cause of it since that morning upon the field of honor.

    1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “A Duel”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 83

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

Broader
tractpiece of landpiece of ground

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch veld van eer
  • veld van eerTranslations
Finnish taistelutanner, taistelukenttä
  • taistelutannerTranslations
  • taistelukenttäTranslations
French champ d'honneur
  • champ d'honneurTranslations
Italian campo d'onore
  • campo d'onoreTranslations
Polish pobojowisko
  • pobojowiskoTranslations
Romanian câmp de onoare
  • câmp de onoareTranslations
Russian по́ле че́сти
  • по́ле че́сти (póle čésti)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

field of honor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20of%20honor

MLA

“field of honor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20of%20honor. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “field of honor,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20of%20honor.

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