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Definition the Gunpowder Plot in British English

the Gunpowder Plot noun

noun
1

a plan in 1605 by Roman Catholics in England to destroy Parliament in an explosion. The plan failed, but is remembered in Britain every year on Guy Fawkes' Night.

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Definition the Gunpowder Plot in British English