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CHARLES CORNWALLIS
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• CHARLES CORNWALLIS (noun)
The noun CHARLES CORNWALLIS has 1 sense:
1. commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
Familiarity information: CHARLES CORNWALLIS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Charles Cornwallis; Cornwallis; First Marquess Cornwallis
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)
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