Associations to the word «Cornwallis»

Wiktionary

CORNWALLIS, proper noun. A surname​.

Dictionary definition

CORNWALLIS, noun. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King