Meaning Of The Word Fawkes

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Fawkes in American English
Guy1570-1606; Eng. conspirator: executed for participating in the Gunpowder Plot

Fawkes in British English
noun: Guy. 1570–1606, English conspirator, executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up King James I and VI and the Houses of Parliament (1605). Effigies of him (guys) are burnt in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day (Nov 5)

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