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Corn⋅wal⋅lis

  [kawrn-waw-lis, -wol-is]
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–noun
Charles, 1st Marquis, 1738–1805, British general and statesman: surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, October 19, 1781.
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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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