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Cates⋅by

[keyts-bee]
–noun
Robert, 1573–1605, English Catholic conspirator, leader in Gunpowder Plot.
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Cates·by   (kāts'bē)   
English conspirator who along with Guy Fawkes was involved in the Gunpowder Plot (1604-1605) to assassinate James I. He was killed resisting arrest.
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