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OLIVER CROMWELL
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• OLIVER CROMWELL (noun)
The noun OLIVER CROMWELL has 1 sense:
1. English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
Familiarity information: OLIVER CROMWELL used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cromwell; Ironsides; Oliver Cromwell
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
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