CORNWALLIS

Meaning of CORNWALLIS in English

Corn ‧ wal ‧ lis, Lord Charles /kɔːnˈwɒləs, kɔːnˈwɒlɪs $ kɔːrnˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE

(1738–1805) a British military leader who was in charge of the British army during the ↑ American Revolutionary War . He later became Governor-General of India.

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CORNWALLIS — biographical name 1st Marquis 1738-1805 Charles ~ British general & statesman
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CORNWALLIS — kȯrnˈwälə̇s, -wȯl- noun ( -es ) Etymology: after Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis died 1805 English soldier : a muster in …
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CORNWALLIS — /kawrn waw"lis, -wol"is/ , n. Charles , 1st Marquis, 1738-1805, British general and statesman: surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, …
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CORNWALLIS — n. family name; Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805), British general during the Revolutionary War (surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781)
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CORNWALLIS — biographical name 1st Marquis 1738-1805 Charles Cornwallis British general & statesman
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CORNWALLIS — Cornwallis BrE AmE ( ˌ ) kɔːn ˈwɒl ɪs § -əs AmE kɔːrn ˈwɑːl-
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CORNWALLIS — (1738–1805) a general in charge of British forces during the American Revolution . When he admitted defeat to George Washington …
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CORNWALLIS — n. Pronunciation: ko ̇ rn- ' wä-l ə s Function: biographical name 1st Marquis 1738-1805 Charles Cornwallis Brit. gen. & …
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CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS, 1ST MARQUESS AND 2ND EARL — born Dec. 31, 1738, London, Eng. died Oct. 5, 1805, Ghazipur, India British soldier and statesman. In 1780, during the …
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CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS, 1ST MARQUESS AND 2ND ... — born Dec. 31, 1738, London died Oct. 5, 1805, Ghazipur, India [now in Uttar Pradesh, India] British soldier and statesman, …
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CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS, 1ST MARQUESS AND 2ND EARL — born Dec. 31, 1738, London, Eng. died Oct. 5, 1805, Ghazipur, India British soldier and statesman. In 1780, during the …
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FIRST MARQUESS CORNWALLIS — n. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), British general during the Revolutionary War (surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown in …
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CHARLES CORNWALLIS — n. First Marquess Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), British general during the Revolutionary War (surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown …
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CORNWALLIS ISLAND — one of the Parry Islands in the Arctic Ocean, Baffin region, Nunavut territory, Canada. Located north of Barrow Strait between …
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CORNWALLIS CODE — (1793), the enactment by which Governor-General Lord Cornwallis gave legal form to the complex of measures that constituted the administrative …
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YORKTOWN, SIEGE OF — (1781) American-French land and sea campaign against the British that virtually ended the American Revolution . About 7,500 British troops …
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TRENTON AND PRINCETON, BATTLES OF — (1776–77) Engagements won by the Continental Army in the American Revolution . Defeats in New York forced the army under …
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ST — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Alexander Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander 1st Earl Amherst Jeffery Amherst 1st Baron Asquith …
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ND — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Buckingham 2nd duke of Cornwallis Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Dilke Sir …
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MARQUESS — I or marquis European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count or …
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YORKTOWN, SIEGE OF — (Sept. 28Oct. 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at …
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UNITED STATES WAR OF INDEPENDENCE — also called American Revolution or American Revolutionary War (177583), insurrection by which 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies won …
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GUILFORD COURTHOUSE, BATTLE OF — (March 15, 1781), in the U.S. War of Independence, strategic victory for the Americans in North Carolina over the British, …
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COWPENS, BATTLE OF — (Jan. 17, 1781), in the U.S. War of Independence, brilliant American victory over a British force on the northern border …
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CLINTON, SIR HENRY — born April 16?, 1730? died Dec. 23, 1795, Cornwall, Eng. British commander in chief in America during the Revolutionary War. …
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CASTLEREAGH, ROBERT STEWART, VISCOUNT — born June 18, 1769, Dublin died Aug. 12, 1822, London also called (from 1821) 2nd Marquess Of Londonderry British foreign …
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YORKTOWN, SIEGE OF — (1781) American-French land and sea campaign against the British that virtually ended the American Revolution . About 7,500 British troops …
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