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Roundhead

A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War.

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noun
  1. 1

    A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War.

noun
  1. 1

    A roundhead screw, one with a domed head.

  2. 2

    A male whose penis is circumcised.

  3. 3

    A circular platform at the end of a pier or breakwater.

adjective
  1. 1

    (of a screw) Having a dome-shaped head.

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brachycranicbrachycephalic
brachycephalicnounA brachycephalic person or creature; someone with a short, broad skull, typically indicated by a cephalic index over 80.
broad-headedhaving a brachycephalic head
short-headedhaving a brachycephalic head
parliamentariannoun(Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
delinquentnounA person who has not paid their debts.
ironsidenoun(historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.
commonwealthmannoun(historical) Someone who lived under the English Commonwealth of the 17th century, especially an adherent of it; loosely, a republican.
yorkistnoun(historical) A supporter of the House of York.
williamitenounA follower of William III of England who deposed James II in the Glorious Revolution.
torynoun(UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party, which evolved from Royalist politicians; historically associated with upholding the rights of the monarchy and the privileges of the established Church.
codheadnoun(British) A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.
young englandernoun(historical, UK politics) A member of Young England, a group of neofeudalist 19th-century Tories.
georgiannounThe language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
loyalistnounA person who is loyal to a cause, generally used as a political affiliation.
commonwealthsmannounAlternative form of commonwealthman. [(historical) Someone who lived under the English Commonwealth of the 17th century, especially an adherent of it; loosely, a republican.]
northitenoun(historical) A supporter of Frederick North, Lord North (1732–1792), British Tory politician.
commonwealth's-mannounAlternative form of commonwealthman. [(historical) Someone who lived under the English Commonwealth of the 17th century, especially an adherent of it; loosely, a republican.]
anglonounAn English person or person of English ancestry.
little englandernoun(British, derogatory, modern) A bigoted, xenophobic, and nationalistic English person.

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