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noun - a bandit, brigand
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noun (recusancies)
- obstinate, Obstinate refusal or opposition.
- The state of being a recusant; nonconformity.
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noun
- (historical) someone refusing to attend Church of England services, between the sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries
- anyone refusing to submit to authority or regulation
adjective
- pertaining to a recusant or to recusancy
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noun
- a system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
- the time during which a regent is in power.
- (Regency) in Great Britain, the time during which w:George IV, George, Prince of Wales, was Regent (1811-1820).
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| Reich |
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noun
- The territory of a German empire, or its government
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| Renaissance |
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proper noun
- The 14th century revival of classical art, architecture, literature and learning that originated in Italy and spread throughout Europe over the following two centuries.
- The period of this revival; the transition from medieval to modern times.
- Any similar artistic or intellectual revival.
adjective
- Of, or relating to the Renaissance.
- Of, or relating to the style of art or architecture of the Renaissance.
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noun (wikipedia, Republics of Russia)
- A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
- The U.S.A. is a republic; Great Britain is technically a monarchy.
- One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
- The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.
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| residency |
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noun
- The position or term of a medical resident
- The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a single venue
- The condition of being a resident of a particular place
- The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies
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| resident |
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noun
- person, animal or plant live, living at a location or in an area
- The w:tiger lily, tiger lily is a of w:Asia, Asia.
- a graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty
- She's a in neurosurgery at Mass General.
adjective
- the person on hand who is the strong, strongest in a particular skill or profession
- He is our w:UNIX, UNIX expert.
- a student in the medical profession who watch, watches a licensed doctor in order to learn a skill
- For privacy reason, reasons, she request, requested the nurse to leave.
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noun
- The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
- (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
- (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
- (sociology) An underground organization engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation.
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noun - the process of bringing an object back to its original state
- The of this painting will take years.
- The of this medieval church involved undoing all the Victorian modifications.
- the return of a former monarchy or monarch to power, usually after having been forced to step down
- The of the House of Stuart took place a few years after the death of Cromwell.
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| Riot Act |
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proper noun
- An English law that stated that if 12 or more people assembled unlawfully in a public place they must disperse when read a proclamation
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| ritter |
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noun
- knight
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proper noun
- An empire that used to exist between 85 BC and AD 476; it encompassed territories stretching from Britain and Germany to North Africa and the Persian Gulf;
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| rotten borough |
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noun
- (archaic) A borough that was represented in Parliament although it had very few voters.
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| royalist |
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noun
- A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal regime.
- Can carry the connotation of a legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent.
- Especially:
- a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War
- a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution
- a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
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| rum |
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noun
- (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- "The Royal Navy used to issue a ration to sailors."
- (countable) A serving of rum.
- "Jake tossed down three rums."
- (countable) A kind or brand of rum.
- "Bundaburg is one of my favourite rums."
adjective (rumm, er)
- (context, British) strange, Strange, peculiar.
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| rump |
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noun
- the hindquarters of an animal; a cut of beef or veal from the rump
- the buttocks
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