RUPERT


Meaning of RUPERT in English

(1619–82)

an English soldier. He was the grandson of King James I and is best remembered for commanding the Royalist cavalry (= soldiers on horses) during the English Civil War . He was defeated at the battles of Marston Moor and Naseby , but escaped abroad, returning to England after the Restoration . He later helped to form the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Royal Society .

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.