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Noun

1. fawkes, guy fawkes

English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)

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Fawkes

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noun
Guy. 1570–1606, English conspirator, executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up King James I and VI and the Houses of Parliament (1605). Effigies of him (guys) are burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day (Nov 5)

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Fawkes

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Guy1570-1606; Eng. conspirator: executed for participating in the Gunpowder Plot

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Fawkes

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English conspirator executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to kill James I and blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605, to avenge the persecution of Roman Catholics in England.

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