Usually means: British general, surrendered at Yorktown.
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  1. Cornwallis: Merriam-Webster
  2. Cornwallis: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Cornwallis: Vocabulary.com
  4. Cornwallis: Wordnik
  5. Cornwallis: Wiktionary
  6. Cornwallis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Cornwallis: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. cornwallis: Dictionary.com
  9. Cornwallis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Cornwallis: Rhymezone
  11. cornwallis: FreeDictionary.org
  12. cornwallis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Cornwallis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Cornwallis: Encyclopedia

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  1. Cornwallis: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See cornwalliss as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Cornwallis)

noun:  An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Cornish ancestry.
noun:  A placename:
noun:  A neighbourhood of the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia.
noun:  A coastal settlement west of Auckland, Auckland region, New Zealand.
noun:  The Rural Municipality of Cornwallis, a rural municipality in south-west Manitoba, Canada.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
noun:  Ellipsis of Cornwallis River.
noun:  Ellipsis of Cornwallis Island.
noun:  Ellipsis of Cornwallis Township.

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