Naseby

[ neyz-bee ]

/ ˈneɪz bi /

noun

a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.

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Examples from the Web for naseby

I had the bed-room Oliver Cromwell slept in the night before the battle of Naseby.
Polly the Pagan|Isabel Anderson
We could still very well stand a good little book on Naseby!
Letters of Edward FitzGerald|Edward FitzGerald
We run not very far from Naseby after a while, and think of the great battle between Charles and Cromwell's troops.
Little Folks|Various
My grandfather rode out with yours to Naseby, and died there.
The Cornet of Horse|G. A. Henty

At Naseby was fought, with forces nearly equal, this decisive and well-disputed action between the king and parliament.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E.|David Hume

British Dictionary definitions for naseby

Naseby

/ (ˈneɪzbɪ) /

noun

a village in Northamptonshire: site of a major Parliamentarian victory (1645) in the Civil War, when Cromwell routed Prince Rupert's force

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