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Catesby

American  
[kayts-bee] / ˈkeɪts bi /

noun

  1. Robert, 1573–1605, English Catholic conspirator, leader in Gunpowder Plot.


Catesby British  
/ ˈkeɪtzbɪ /

noun

  1. Robert. 1573–1605, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (1605): killed while resisting arrest

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As Catesby remarks in Shakespeare's "Richard III": "'tis a vile thing to die... When men are unprepared and look not for it."

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022

Matthew Duckett, who plays Catesby, one of Richard's acolytes, is also disabled.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2022

The process is somewhat “imperfect,” as a person could find a blank CDC card and claim it, said Catesby Perrin, Clear’s executive vice president of growth.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021

You will remember that last year Kit Harington starred in Gunpowder, a BBC One period drama about his distant ancestor Robert Catesby.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2018

Several appeals, however, made to Catesby to allow warning to be given to certain individuals were firmly rejected.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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