Definition of Charles cornwallis

1. Noun. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805).

Exact synonyms: Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, Peer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Cornwallis

Charlemagne
Charlene
Charleroi
Charles
Charles' Wain
Charles's Wain
Charles's law
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle
Charles Augustin de Coulomb
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Bullfinch
Charles Camille Saint-Saens
Charles Christopher Parker
Charles Cornwallis
Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Darwin
Charles Digby Harrod
Charles Dillon Stengel
Charles Dodgson
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Eames
Charles Edouard Jeanneret
Charles Edward Berry
Charles Edward Ives
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Farrar Browne
Charles Follen McKim

Literary usage of Charles cornwallis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"Sir charles cornwallis and Lord Digby had already tried in vain to obtain redress, but Howell's importunate appeals to the Spanish A short ' diarium ' of ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"1756, vol. vp 274, treating of charles cornwallis, a younger eon of Sir Thomas Cornwallis by Anne Jerningham, states that his first wife was Elizabeth, ..."

3. A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: With Historical by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1875)
"charles cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis. Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Monmouth. Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury. John Arundel, Lord Arundel of Trerice. ..."

4. A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and by American Library Association (1906)
"(coll. at Gorhambury) 4th baron, charles cornwallis. 1675-1722. ... 1st marquis, charles cornwallis, 1738-1805. AM. hist, register (1895) 3:199. ..."

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