English Explanatory Dictionary

Guy Fawkes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
verb
  1. To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
  2. To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage.
  3. To execute by hanging.

Word forms

Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkeses Guy Fawkesing Guy Fawkesed

Etymology

From Guy Fawkes, who took part in a failed plot to blow up the English parliament in 1605 and who was sentenced to being hanged, drawn, and quartered.

Synonyms

guy string up forhang Guy Fawkes hang ketch send to the scaffold scrag stretch truss tuck up

Derived words

Guy Fawkes Day Guy Fawkes Night
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