ALL meanings of antietam
An·tie·tam
A a - noun antietam a creek in NW Maryland, flowing into the Potomac: scene of a Civil War battle (1862), in which the Confederate forces of General Robert E. Lee were defeated 3
- noun antietam creek in W Md.: its juncture with the Potomac is the site of a bloody, but indecisive, Civil War battle (1862) 3
- noun antietam a creek flowing from S Pennsylvania through NW Maryland into the Potomac: Civil War battle fought near here at Sharpsburg, Maryland, in 1862. 1