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(nāz′bē) A village of central England near Northampton. Nearby on June 14, 1645, Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated Royalist troops led by Charles I and Prince Rupert.
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Naseby
(ˈneɪzbɪ)n
(Placename) a village in Northamptonshire: site of a major Parliamentarian victory (1645) in the Civil War, when Cromwell routed Prince Rupert's force
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Nase•by
(ˈneɪz bi)n.
a village in W Northamptonshire, in central England: Royalist defeat 1645.
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Noun | 1. | Naseby - a village in western Northamptonshire Northamptonshire - a county is central England |
2. | ![]() English Civil War - civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648 England - a division of the United Kingdom |
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