noun
1. a former moor in northern England
• Part Holonyms: ↑England
2. a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert
• Syn: ↑battle of Marston Moor
• Regions: ↑England
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
• Part Holonyms: ↑English Civil War
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a former moor in NE England, west of York: Cromwell's victory over the Royalists 1644.
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Marston Moor [Marston Moor]
a place near ↑York, northern England, where the largest battle of the ↑English Civil War took place in 1644. The Parliamentarians under Oliver Cromwell defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert and gained control over the north of the country.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.