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GREAT REVOLT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Revolt mean?
• GREAT REVOLT (noun)
The noun GREAT REVOLT has 1 sense:
1. a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II
Familiarity information: GREAT REVOLT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Great Revolt; Peasant's Revolt
Instance hypernyms:
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; rising; uprising (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)
Domain region:
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
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