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| tumbrel |
a crude cart used during the French Revolution to transport condemned prisoners to the guillotine. [1/2 definitions] |
| turn |
a complete revolution of a wheel or other round object. [1/22 definitions] |
| Velvet Revolution |
the Czechoslovakian revolution (1989), in which a country-wide peace protest and work strike moved the Communist government to relinquish power, resulting in the establishment of two separate, self-governing republics (1993). |
| War of American Independence |
see "American Revolution." |
| Whig |
during the American Revolution, one who supported the war against England. [1/3 definitions] |
| year |
the time it takes any planet to complete one revolution around its sun. [1/5 definitions] |
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