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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805);
[syn: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

First Marquess Cornwallis
    n 1: commander of the British forces in the American War of
         Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at
         Yorktown (1738-1805) [syn: Cornwallis, Charles
         Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis]