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Gunpowder Treason

Gunpowder Treason proper noun: synonym of Gunpowder Plot.

Proper noun

Gunpowder Treason

  1. Synonym of Gunpowder Plot.
    • Please to remember / The fifth of November, / Gunpowder treason and plot; / I know no reason / Why gunpowder treason / Should ever be forgot.1886, James Orchard Haliwell, The Nursery Rhymes of England, 5th edition, page 7
    Synonyms:
    Gunpowder Plot

Synonyms of Gunpowder Treason

Questions about Gunpowder Treason

What does Gunpowder Treason mean?
Gunpowder Treason means synonym of Gunpowder Plot.
What part of speech is Gunpowder Treason?
Gunpowder Treason is a proper noun.

Words near Gunpowder Treason in the dictionary

  1. gunpowder empire
  2. gunpowder empires
  3. Gunpowder Plot
  4. gunpowder tea
  5. gunpowder teas
  6. Gunpowder Treason
  7. Gunpowder Treason Day
  8. gunpowdered
  9. gunpowdering
  10. gunpowderish
  11. gunpowderous

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