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Noun

1. oates, titus oates

English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)

2. joyce carol oates, oates

United States writer (born in 1938)

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1. 
Captain Lawrence Edward Grace. 1880–1912, English explorer. He died on Scott's second Antarctic expedition
2. 
Titus. (ˈtaɪtəs). 1649–1705, English conspirator. He fabricated the Popish Plot (1678), a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill Charles II, burn London, and massacre Protestants. His perjury caused the execution of many innocent Catholics

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Titus1649-1705; Eng. fabricator of the Popish Plot, a supposed Rom. Catholic plot (1678) to massacre Protestants, burn London, and kill the king

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English conspirator. His story of a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1678) resulted in the execution of many innocent Catholics.
American writer whose works often concern love and violence in American society. Among her novels are Bellefleur (1980) and American Appetites (1989).

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