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Guy Fawkes   /gaɪ fɔks/   Listen
Guy Fawkes

noun
1.
English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606).  Synonym: Fawkes.



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"Guy Fawkes" Quotes from Famous Books



... get rid of them at once: why they have not been in similar danger every year since the first attempt was made, I know not; certain it is, that it is the only reform measure that can ever be effectual. Guy Fawkes and his confederates, whether Popish or Protestant, from the disregard of human life, certainly proved themselves the founders of a party, still existing, whose motto is, ...
— Percival Keene • Frederick Marryat
... week for the London children. The fifth of November fell on Sunday, and Guy Fawkes had to wait till Monday to make his appearance. All that day he was carried about the streets in various shapes and forms, and the naughty, ignorant little boys, in spite of enlightened school-board teaching, sang ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 - No 1, Nov 1877 • Various


Words linked to "Guy Fawkes" :   machinator, plotter, Fawkes, conspirator, coconspirator


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