Cromwellian

[ krom-wel-ee-uh n, kruhm- ]

/ krɒmˈwɛl i ən, krʌm- /

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.

noting or pertaining to a style of English furnishings of the middle 17th century, characterized by austerity, the use of oak and leather, and simple, decorative moldings.

Origin of Cromwellian

First recorded in 1715–25; Cromwell + -ian

Example sentences from the Web for cromwellian

The next year, in the same club, the Cromwellian, he would meet another shredder, Jeff Beck.

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Byllinge and Fenwick, though turned Quakers, seem to have retained some of the contentious Cromwellian spirit of their youth.

The Quaker Colonies |Sydney G. Fisher
Stuart and Cromwellian chairs are being more and more reproduced.

The House in Good Taste |Elsie de Wolfe
But, reader, these were Cromwellian times, and such were Cromwellian customs.

The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. |E. Rameur

Nor must we forget, as Locke should have remembered, the plain lesson of the Cromwellian constitutional experiments.

Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham |Harold J. Laski
Arguing with him, she might almost have been listening to one of his Cromwellian ancestors risen from the dead.

All Roads Lead to Calvary |Jerome K. Jerome

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Cromwellian

adjective

Origin of Cromwellian

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