Culloden
- a moor near Inverness in N Scotland: site of a battle in 1746 in which government troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobites under Prince Charles Edward Stuart
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Contemporary Examples of culloden
Queen Elizabeth wore this purple hat in June 2009 to visit the Culloden Battlefield in Scotland.
Historical Examples of culloden
This letter was dated from Ruthven, two days after the battle of Culloden.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745Mrs. Thomson
Many of the clan fell in the massacre after the battle of Culloden Muir.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745Mrs. Thomson
Here he heard the tidings of the decisive battle of Culloden.
WaverleySir Walter Scott
They did their best to help off the ‘Culloden,’ but could not get her off, so stood on into the battle.
The Grateful IndianW.H.G. Kingston
Since Culloden the word had been to him as a red rag to a bull.
A Daughter of RaasayWilliam MacLeod Raine