great revolt

1. 1.

   a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II

   SynonymsPeasant's Revolt

   Broaderrebellion

   England

Questions about great revolt

What does great revolt mean?

great revolt means "a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II".

What is another word for great revolt?

Close synonyms include Peasant's Revolt. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is great revolt a common word?

great revolt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.