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Charles Cornwallis   /tʃɑrlz kɔrnwˈɔləs/   Listen
Charles Cornwallis

noun
1.
Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805).  Synonyms: Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis.





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... double-chinned, with the eyes womanish for bigness and marked with brows that might have been penciled by the hair-dresser, I had seen before; but lacking this present sight of it, the orders on his breast would have named him the ranking general of the army in the field—Lord Charles Cornwallis. With all the houses in the town to choose among, I had blundered into this—my ...
— The Master of Appleby • Francis Lynde


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