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单词 gunpowder plot
释义

Gunpowder Plot


noun

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.
Compare Guy Fawkes Day.

Words nearby Gunpowder Plot

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Example sentences from the Web for Gunpowder Plot

  • Garnet, the Gunpowder-Plot Jesuit, also contributed to the ghastly triumphs of justice.

    Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
  • Some called it the Gunpowder-plot at Balaklava, and an attempt to destroy the British fleet.

    Soyer's Culinary Campaign|Alexis Soyer
  • From this uncouth swamp sprung the philosopher, the statesman, and tradition says, the gunpowder-plot.

    An History of Birmingham (1783)|William Hutton

British Dictionary definitions for Gunpowder Plot

Gunpowder Plot

noun

the unsuccessful conspiracy to blow up James I and Parliament at Westminster on Nov 5, 1605See also Guy Fawkes Day
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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