Francis Scott Key

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Francis Scott Key
    n 1: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after
         witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War
         of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The
         Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) [syn: {Key}, {Francis
         Scott Key}]
    

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