ENGLISH CIVIL WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does English Civil War mean? 

• ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (noun)
  The noun ENGLISH CIVIL WAR has 1 sense:

1. civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648

  Familiarity information: ENGLISH CIVIL WAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENGLISH CIVIL WAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

civil war (a war between factions in the same country)

Meronyms (parts of "English Civil War"):

Drogheda (in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants)

battle of Marston Moor; Marston Moor (a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert)

Battle of Naseby; Naseby (a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)