Roundhead

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 176 words | Copyright

Roundhead a member or supporter of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War, so called from their custom of wearing the hair close cut. The name is recorded from 1641.

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