GUNPOWDER PLOT


Meaning of GUNPOWDER PLOT in English

an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics. Cf. Guy Fawkes Day .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .