ROUNDHEAD
\ɹˈa͡ʊndhɛd], \ɹˈaʊndhɛd], \ɹ_ˈaʊ_n_d_h_ɛ_d]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A contemptuous name applied to the Puritans by the Cavaliers, from the close-cut hair of the former.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A name formerly given by the Cavaliers or adherents of Charles I., during the English civil war, to members of the Puritan or parliamentary party, who distinguished themselves by having their hair closely cut, while the Cavaliers wore theirs in long ringlets. “When in October, 1641, the Parliament reassembled after a short recess, two hostile parties, essentially the same with those which, under different names, have ever since contended, and are still contending, for the direction of public affairs, appeared confronting each other. During some years they were designated as Cavaliers and Roundheads. They were subsequently called Whigs and Tories; nor does it seem that these appellations are likely soon to become obsolete.â€-Macaulay.
By Daniel Lyons
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].