CHARLES CORNWALLIS

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• CHARLES CORNWALLIS (noun)
  The noun CHARLES CORNWALLIS has 1 sense:

1. commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

  Familiarity information: CHARLES CORNWALLIS used as a noun is very rare.

• CHARLES CORNWALLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Charles Cornwallis; Cornwallis; First Marquess Cornwallis

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)