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Webster 1913 Edition

Roundhead

Round′headˊ

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Noun.
(Eng. Hist.)
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
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Webster 1828 Edition

Roundhead

ROUND'HEAD

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Noun.
[round and head.] A name formerly given to a puritan, from the practice which prevailed among the puritans of cropping the hair round.

Definition 2024

Roundhead

Roundhead

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English

Noun

Roundhead ‎(plural Roundheads)

  1. A nickname given to the supporters of parliament during the English Civil War.

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roundhead

roundhead

See also: Roundhead

English

Adjective

roundhead ‎(not comparable)

  1. (of a ****) Having a dome-shaped head.

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Noun

roundhead ‎(plural roundheads)

  1. A roundhead ****, one with a domed head.

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Etymology

From their short-cropped hairstyle.

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