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cornwallis, charles.

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Corn·wal·lis   (kôrn-wŏl'ĭs, -wô'lĭs)   
British military and political leader who commanded forces in North Carolina during the American Revolution. His surrender at Yorktown in 1781 marked the final British defeat.
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