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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats