Cromwell
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- proper noun
- /ˈkrɒm.wɛl/
- England becomes a Republic, it becomes ruled by this guy, Oliver Cromwell, and this is a huge, huge change.
- Oliver Cromwell
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Watch on YouTubeIt ends up in a dictatorship of Cromwell and his followers.
- It ends up in a dictatorship of Cromwell and his followers.
- Incidentally, Cromwell's statue is still outside Parliament.
- The obvious thing was for Cromwell to have really, there was a clamour to make Cromwell king.
- So Charles the first, of course, famously beheaded the Commonwealth comes in all the Cromwell is Lord Protector.
- He was at the time of King Charles and he was so there was, there was the, the fight between the, the, the, the Cromwell and, and the royalists.
Examples
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Views became more extreme, and Puritans, like Oliver Cromwell, would come to have a greater hand in England's running.
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Actually, the Puritans took over England under Oliver Cromwell, and after that they kind of had to get out of town.
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"As he spoke, he looked over to where Captain Cromwell and his crew stood."
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After a minute Cromwell rose and addressed the larger group.
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Do they call it Cromwell Bridge because of Oliver Cromwell?
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Charles I and Oliver Cromwell on the role of the executive in the British states.
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The modern army, with its roots in Cromwell's New Model Army, is a fairly new historical advent.
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Incidentally, Cromwell's statue is still outside Parliament.
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During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell led the parliamentary forces to victory against the royalists.
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As Lord Protector, Cromwell implemented significant reforms that shaped the future of England.
Synonyms
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An English general and leader who leads Parliament's army in the Civil War and later rules England as Lord Protector
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Etymology
Cromwell likely comes from old parts crom and well, where crom means 'bent' or 'crooked' and well means 'spring' or 'stream', so it probably meant a 'crooked spring' near a home. So Cromwell is a place or family name, and the famous Oliver Cromwell simply carried that name.