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单词 oldcastle
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Oldcastle

[ ohld-kas-uhl, -kah-suhl ]
/ ˈoʊldˌkæs əl, -ˌkɑ səl /

noun

Sir John (Lord Cobham), 1377–1417, English martyr: leader of a Lollard conspiracy; executed for treason and heresy; model for Shakespeare's Falstaff.

Words nearby Oldcastle

old-boyism, old-boy network, Old British, Old Bulgarian, Old Castile, Oldcastle, Old Catholic, old chap, old chestnut, old chum, Old Church Slavonic
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Oldcastle
/ (ˈəʊldˌkɑːsəl) /

noun

Sir John, Baron Cobham. ?1378–1417, Lollard leader. In 1411 he led an English army in France but in 1413 he was condemned as a heretic and later hanged and burnt. He is thought to have been a model for Shakespeare's character Falstaff in Henry IV
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