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A supporter of Parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
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roundhead
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A roundhead was a type of mace used during the English Civil War . It is described as having a head about , a staff long inserted into the head, twelve iron spikes round about, with another spike in the end. In 1643 an article in Mercurius Civicus claimed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Roundhead \Round"head`\, n. (Eng. Hist.) A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. --Toone.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"adherent of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War," 1641, so called for their custom of wearing the hair close-cropped, in contrast to the flowing curls of the cavaliers.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a brachycephalic person a supporter of Parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War
Usage examples of roundhead.
Blood Guard will be interested to know that the insignificant roundhead whom he sees before him is only secretary to this distinguished traveller, the clear-thinking Ave Mar, son of the Ruler of Danjab.
Merc considered it necessary to display the traditional curiosity, so he and Ave did not allow themselves time for a rest, but trailed off into the famous roundhead quarters.
Several hundred yards distant, but aimed toward them across the ruined cropland, came a squadron of Roundhead riders.
He remembered the Roundhead in the doorway and gave him a wry look, repaid in acid.
Akin in that much, the Roundhead riders brought their mounts under control.
The Roundhead fell from the saddle, struck ground, rolled over, and sat dazedly up.
One was a Roundhead officer, to judge from his bearing and russet coat: a strong-built person whose homely features grew mustache, chin-tuft, and warts.
Mar was proud of his son, although the boy had inherited his curly hair from his roundhead grandmother and his girlish curved eyelashes and his clear gaze from his mother.
Or was it all because of the brain biocurrents of the roundhead woman whom the automatic machines recognised as friendly, just as they recognised him, the Supreme Officer of the Blood Guard?
Did not the low creature understand that with the departure of her mistress to another planet, she would become an ordinary roundhead, insignificant and despised, as is only right?
Merc came from a roundhead family who had fled the continent of the Superiors after the Uprising of Justice was defeated.
Their youngest daughter, Lada, was married to a roundhead who had been educated in Danjab.
After the death of our beloved engineer, the roundhead will be the only one left on the station who can handle the machinery.
Supreme Officer of the Blood Guard, and Ala Veg and the roundhead Luas, neither of whom is in the least to blame.
Within days the house was attacked by Roundhead looters, who were also busy breaking the stainedglass windows in the local churches, whereupon an enraged Mrs Judd had set about them with two kitchen knives, changing them for a billhook as soon as she could get to the potting shed.