guy fawkes night

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   effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night

   SynonymsBonfire Night

   BroaderNovember 5

Questions about guy fawkes night

What does guy fawkes night mean?

guy fawkes night means "effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on this night".

What is another word for guy fawkes night?

Close synonyms include Bonfire Night. 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 night a common word?

guy fawkes night 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.