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  • 21Nicholas Culpeper — Born …

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  • 22Wars of the Three Kingdoms — The Wars of the Three Kingdoms (sometimes known as the Wars of the Three Nations) formed an intertwined series of conflicts that took place in Scotland, Ireland, and England between 1639 and 1651 after these three countries had come under the… …

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  • 23Wyatt's rebellion — was a popular uprising in England in 1554, named for Thomas Wyatt the younger, one of its leaders. The rebellion was intended to overthrow the newly crowned Queen Mary I.MotivesThe precise reason for the uprisings has been subject to much debate …

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  • 24Battle of Turnham Green — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Turnham Green partof=the First English Civil War date=13 November 1642 place=Turnham Green, Middlesex result=Parliamentarian victory combatant1=Parliamentarians combatant2=Royalists commander1=Earl of… …

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  • 25Battle of Brentford (1642) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Brentford partof=the First English Civil War date=November 12, 1642 place=Brentford, Middlesex result=Royalist victory combatant1=Royalists combatant2=Parliamentarians commander1=Prince Rupert… …

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  • 26trainman — /trayn meuhn/, n., pl. trainmen. a member of the crew that operates a railroad train, usually an assistant to the conductor, such as a brakeman or flagman. [1635 45, in sense member of a trainband ; 1875 80 for current sense; TRAIN + MAN] * * * …

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  • 27Combatant — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Combatant >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 combatant combatant Sgm: N 1 disputant disputant controversialist polemic litigant belligerent Sgm: N 1 competitor competitor rival corrival Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 28Ополчение граждан — (trained band or trainband), во оруж. отряды в графствах Англии. Сформированы в 1573 г. по указанию пр ва Елизаветы I: в каждом графстве надлежало отобрать наиб, умелых людей, владеющих пиками и стрелковым оружием, для местной ми лиции. В отряды… …

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  • 29militia — n. Trainband …

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  • 30militia — n national guard, guard, reserves, minute men, home reserves, home guard; yeomanry, volunteers, Eng. Hist. trainband, posse, posse commitatus …

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