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Hereward
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Hereward [ˈhɛrɪwəd]
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(Biographies / Hereward (11th-century-11th-century) M, Anglo-Saxon) called Hereward the Wake. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon rebel, who defended the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror (1070-71): a subject of many legends
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