Gunpowder Plot
Americannoun
noun
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A perennial target of assassins, James survived the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and confederates hoped to blow up Parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
The company has previously produced immersive experiences including The Gunpowder Plot and The War of The Worlds.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
After Guy Fawkes's Gunpowder Plot to blow up British Parliament was foiled in 1605, the government declared November 5 a day to celebrate.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2021
When Gunpowder Plot supporters sought leniency “for Fawkes’ sake” in November 1605, little did they know it would become a maxim of exasperation for generations to come.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2020
Perhaps the British 5th of November was in its turn a survival of some pagan rite ignorantly lingering as late as the Gunpowder Plot, and thereafter identified with the fate of Guy Faux.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander
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