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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Cavaliers
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Supporters of the royal cause in the *English Civil War. Like *Roundhead, the name was in use from the early 1640s as a term of abuse; deriving from a word for a horse-soldier or knight, it was first applied to swashbuckling followers of *Charles I who seemed eager for war.
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