Roundhead Definition

roundhĕd
noun
A member or supporter of the Parliamentary, or Puritan, party in England during the English civil war (1642-52)
Webster's New World

A roundhead screw, one with a domed head.

Wiktionary
pronoun

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

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adjective

Describing the head of a screw that is dome shaped.

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Other Word Forms of Roundhead

Noun

Singular:
Roundhead
Plural:
roundheads

Origin of Roundhead

  • From the close-cropped hair of the Puritans

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • round +"Ž -head

    From Wiktionary

Roundhead Sentence Examples

  • Roundhead was also used during the Civil War as the name of a weapon.

  • The castle was alternately Roundhead and Cavalier in the civil war.

  • Virginia was neither cavalier nor roundhead, but both.

  • Roxana threw in 1732 the bay colt Lath by the Godolphin Arabian, the sorrel colt Roundhead by Childers in 1733, and the bay colt Cade by the Godolphin Arabian in 1734, in which year she died within a fortnight after foaling, the produce-Cade-being reared on cow's milk.

  • It was soon adopted (as a title of honour) by the king's party, who in return applied Roundhead to their opponents, and at the Restoration the court party preserved the name, which survived till the rise of the term Tory (see Whig And Tor y).

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Words Starting With

RROROU

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DADEAD

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