New Model Army

British  

noun

1. the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell

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Example Sentences

The professional military force Parliament commanded — the New Model Army — was, if anything, even more fervent in its Puritan convictions and for the most part happy to enforce the new injunctions.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Thanks to the effectiveness of Cromwell, the New Model Army, and the financial backing of the city of London, the round-heads gained the upper hand in the war.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The OED dates the phrase New Model Army to 1845, exactly two hundred years after the army was set up, in the works of the historian Thomas Carlyle.

From BBC • May 3, 2013

Banville takes a portrait of a handsome man on his deathbed and reinvents him as a much-admired officer, Launcelot Northbrook, who served with Cromwell's New Model Army.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2010

They carried it to sea with them from the battlefields of the New Model Army, and the Dutch met them squarely.

From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)