Naseby

[neyz-bee]

noun

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

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Historical Examples of 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

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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