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Definition of 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).

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Literary usage of 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 (1887)
"1629), courtier and diplomatist, second son of Sir Thomas Cornwallis [qv], ... In 1614 Cornwallis was suspected of fanning the parliamentary opposition to ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1907)
"As a result of Ferguson's defeat, Cornwallis withdrew the main body of his force into South Carolina. A detachment of about 1500 men had been sent out from ..."

3. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"Cochrane to Cornwallis. October 30 116 374. Lord Melville to Cornwallis. ... Cornwallis to Mr. Marsden. January 8 149 405. Lieutenant Thomas Swain to ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Further to embarrass Cornwallis, a French force under the Marquess Saint-Simon ... He succeeded in drawing Cornwallis farther and farther from his base of ..."

5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1889)
"Of all the founders of England's colonies in North America, too little has been known of Thomas Cornwallis, while few were more active in maintaining the ..."

6. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"He had lured Cornwallis far into a hostile country, more than two hundred miles distant from his base of operations. The earl now saw too late that he had ..."

7. King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire (1881)
"Tarleton Frustrates Cornwallis' Design of Relieving Ferguson.—Intercepting Fergusons Messengers.— Tarleton at Length in Motion.—His Instructions. ..."

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