FORTY-FIVE, THE


Meaning of FORTY-FIVE, THE in English

Forty-five, the BrE AmE

another name for the ↑ Jacobite Rising of 1745, when the Scottish prince, Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an attempt to bring back the Stuart family of Britain. It failed when his army was defeated at the Battle of ↑ Culloden .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.