English Explanatory Dictionary

Gunpowder Plot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A failed conspiracy, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.

Word forms

Gunpowder Plot the Gunpowder Plot

Synonyms

Gunpowder Treason
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