ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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)
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)
