A-Z: General definitions: Guy Fawkes

Definition

One of the group of Catholic conspirators who took part in the failed Gunpowder plot - a plan to assassinate the Protestant King James I in 1605 by blowing up Parliament. An effigy of Fawkes is traditionally burned on bonfires on 5 November each year in the UK.

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