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Round⋅head

  [round-hed]
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–noun English History.
a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
Origin:
1635–45; round 1 + head
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Round·head   (round'hěd')   
n.  A supporter of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth.

[From the close-cropped hair of the Puritans.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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