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GUY FAWKES DAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Day for the celebration of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Guy Fawkes Day" is a kind of...):
November 5 (anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)