HyperDic: gunpowder_plot

English > 1 sense of the expression Gunpowder Plot:
NOUNcognitionGunpowder Plota conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England
English > Gunpowder Plot: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes.
Broaderconspiracy, cabalA plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)

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