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51Guy Fawkes — noun English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570 1606) • Syn: ↑Fawkes • Instance Hypernyms: ↑conspirator, ↑coconspirator, ↑plotter, ↑machinator * * * Guy …
52Guy Fawkes Day — noun day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (Freq. 1) • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain …
53Walter Ramsden Fawkes — (2 March 1769 ndash; 24 October 1825), Member of Parliament (MP) and High Sheriff of Yorkshire, was a writer and patron of the landscape painter J. M. W. Turner. Their friendship made Turner a regular visitor to Fawkes home at Farnley Hall, two… …
54Richard Fawkes — (born 31 July 1944 in Camberley, Surrey) is an award winning writer and director. Early Years Fawkes was educated at the Royal Masonic School, Bushey, then spent eighteen months as an instructor at the Outward Bound School in Kenya with Voluntary …
55Little Fawkes — Independent Game Studio Tipo Desarrolladora de videojuegos Sede Venezuela Productos …
56Guy Fawkes Night — [[t]ga͟ɪ fɔːks naɪt[/t]] N UNCOUNT In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of… …
57Guy Fawkes Night — noun effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night • Syn: ↑Bonfire Night • Hypernyms: ↑November 5 * * * Guy Fawkes night [Guy Fawkes night] [ˈɡaɪ fɔːks naɪt] [ˈɡaɪ fɔːks naɪt] …
58Guy Fawkes' Night — Guy Fawkes’ Night UK [ˌɡaɪ ˈfɔːks ˌnaɪt] US [ˌɡaɪ ˈfɔks ˌnaɪt] in the UK, the evening of 5th November, when people light fires outside and have fireworks . Guy Fawkes’ Night is also called Bonfire Night .… …
59Guy Fawkes Day — Gunpowder Gun pow der, n. (Chem.) A black, granular, explosive substance, consisting of an intimate mechanical mixture of saltpeter, charcoal, and sulphur. It is used in gunnery and blasting. [1913 Webster] Note: Gunpowder consists of from 70 to… …
60Francis Fawkes — (1721 1777) was a poet and translator, born near Doncaster, and educated at Cambridge, after which he took orders. Fawkes translated Anacreon, Sappho, and other classics, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin Douglas,and was the author of the… …
