Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes noun: an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
Noun
Guy Fawkes (plural Guy Fawkeses)
- An effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
- Guy Fawkeses of great pretension were paraded in various towns of the kingdom, and the exhibitors realized contributions far exceeding the usual donations.1851, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year
- When, however, the monster Guy Fawkeses came into fashion, considerably greater expense was gone to in " getting up " the figures.1861, Henry Mayhew, London labour and the London poor - Volume 3, page 65
- Synonyms:
- guy
Verb
Guy Fawkes (third-person singular simple present Guy Fawkeses, present participle Guy Fawkesing, simple past and past participle Guy Fawkesed)
- To celebrate Guy Fawkes Night.
- ... had been “Guy Fawkesing" since early in the morning.189?, The Boy's Own Annual, page 73
- As soon as I reached home in the evening, W. V. had her lantern ready to go out Guy-Fawkesing.1897, The Child-study Monthly - Volume 3, page 180
- To blow up a building as an act of political sabotage.
- The burning of a few heretics would be in principle no more repugnant to us than gagging; neither would a little Guy Fawkesing about Westminster, though the latter diversion might come home to honourable members disagreeably.1873, “The Late Attempt at Suicide”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 113, page 496
- "Ay, and I shall take it away from 'em, sir ; for if the worst comes to the worst, I shall have made all my plans before, and I'll do a bit o' Guy Fawkesing." " What do you mean ?" " Why, I should ha' thought you'd ha' understood that, sir." " Of course I do ; but how could you blow up the castle?"1900, George Manville Fenn, The Young Castellan: A Tale of the English Civil War, page 86
- To execute by hanging.
- The barber being sure that all were on his side, now dropped his voice into tones sepulchral and solemn, and said slowly and deliberately; “If things don't mend, he must be Guy Fawkesed; Farmer Slade's barn was burnt by accident last Guy Fawkes' day; and no one ever found out who did it; and...1866, Philip Bennett Power, The Ill-used Postman
- With Jackson and Stuart alive, and with Davis and his cabinet, Hood, Daniel and the Pollards, all Guy Fawkesed at an early period of the conflict, what might not have been the result ?1869, The Old Guard
Synonyms of Guy Fawkes
Forms of Guy Fawkes
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Guy Fawkeses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Guy Fawkeses |
| present participle | Guy Fawkesing |
| past participle | Guy Fawkesed |
| past | Guy Fawkesed |
Origin of Guy Fawkes
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.
Words formed from Guy Fawkes
Questions about Guy Fawkes
- What does Guy Fawkes mean?
- Guy Fawkes means an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned as part of the Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
- What part of speech is Guy Fawkes?
- Guy Fawkes can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of Guy Fawkes?
- The plural of Guy Fawkes is Guy Fawkeses.
Words near Guy Fawkes in the dictionary
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