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Definition of Charles Cornwallis
1. Noun. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Cornwallis
Literary usage of Charles Cornwallis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"Sir Charles Cornwallis and Lord Digby had already tried in vain to obtain redress,
but Howell's importunate appeals to the Spanish A short ' diarium ' of ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"1756, vol. vp 274, treating of Charles Cornwallis, a younger eon of Sir Thomas
Cornwallis by Anne Jerningham, states that his first wife was Elizabeth, ..."
3. A Complete Collection of the Protests of the Lords: With Historical by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1875)
"Charles Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis. Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Monmouth.
Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrewsbury. John Arundel, Lord Arundel of Trerice. ..."
4. A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and by American Library Association (1906)
"(coll. at Gorhambury) 4th baron, Charles Cornwallis. 1675-1722. ... 1st marquis,
Charles Cornwallis, 1738-1805. AM. hist, register (1895) 3:199. ..."
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