Cornwallis

Corn·wal·lis

C0652200 (kôrn-wŏl′ĭs, -wô′lĭs), Charles First Marquis Cornwallis. 1738-1805. British military leader who commanded forces in the Carolinas and Virginia during the American Revolution. His surrender at Yorktown in 1781 signaled the eventual defeat of Britain.

Cornwallis

(kɔːnˈwɒlɪs) n (Biography) Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)

Corn•wal•lis

(kɔrnˈwɔ lɪs, -ˈwɒl ɪs)

n. Charles, 1st Marquis, 1738–1805, British general and statesman.

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Cornwallis - commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis