Definition of English Civil War

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

Generic synonyms: Civil War
Terms within: Drogheda, Battle Of Marston Moor, Marston Moor, Battle Of Naseby, Naseby
Geographical relationships: England

Lexicographical Neighbors of English Civil War

Englander
Englanders
Engleutsch
Englisch's sinus
English
English-Canadian
English-Gothic
English-Gothic architecture
English-speaking
English-weed
English Bluebell
English Canada
English Carrier
English Carriers
English Channel
English Civil War (current term)
English English
English Midlands
English Revolution
English bean
English billiards
English bond
English bonds
English breakfast tea
English bulldog
English cavalry saddle
English cocker spaniel
English covenants
English daisy

Literary usage of English Civil War

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1. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1908)
"... relating to the English Civil War and to the French Revolution, and of these two collections he speaks with characteristic picturesqueness and energy. ..."

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