guy fawkes

1. 1.

   English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)

   SynonymsFawkes

   Broaderconspirator

Questions about guy fawkes

What does guy fawkes mean?

guy fawkes means "English conspirator who was executed for his role in a plot to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament (1570-1606)".

What is another word for guy fawkes?

Close synonyms include Fawkes. 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 guy fawkes a common word?

guy fawkes 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.