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noun
An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: guy
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verb
To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
To execute by hanging.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: string up, forhang, Guy Fawkes, hang, ketch, send to the scaffold, scrag, stretch, truss, tuck up
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noun
English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Fawkes
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Broader terms: conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator
History
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.
Across languages
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