Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Peterloo Massacre — Coordinates: 53°28′41″N 2°14′49″W / 53.478°N 2.247°W / 53.478; 2.247 … Wikipedia
Peterloo Massacre — ➡ Peterloo * * * (Aug. 16, 1819) Brutal dispersal of a meeting held on St. Peter s Fields in Manchester, Eng. Called to protest unemployment and high food prices and demand parliamentary reform, the meeting drew about 60,000 people, including… … Universalium
Peterloo massacre — /pitəlu ˈmæsəkə/ (say peetuhlooh masuhkuh) noun an incident at St Peter s Fields near Manchester, England, in 1819, when the crowd at a meeting calling for political and economic reform was charged by soldiers, and people were killed and injured …
Peterloo — /pē tər looˈ/ noun A popular term for the incident at St Peter s Fields, Manchester, in 1819, in which a peaceable demonstration for reform was charged by cavalry, leaving 11 dead and 400 to 500 injured ORIGIN: St Peter s Fields and Waterloo * *… … Useful english dictionary
massacre — mas|sa|cre1 [ˈmæsəkə US ər] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Frenc] 1.) [U and C] when a lot of people are killed violently, especially people who cannot defend themselves ▪ the only survivor of the massacre massacre of ▪ the massacre of several hundred pro … Dictionary of contemporary English
massacre — massacrer /mas euh kreuhr/, n. /mas euh keuhr/, n., v., massacred, massacring. n. 1. the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder. 2. a… … Universalium
Peterloo — (also the Peterloo Massacre) the name given to an incident that took place in Manchester, England, in 1819. A group of people gathered in St Peter’s Fields in central Manchester to demand political change. The crowd was large, but peaceful and… … Universalium
Peterloo — Massacre de Peterloo Gravure du Massacre de Peterloo Le massacre de Peterloo est le nom donné à la répression sanglante d une manifestation pacifique d ouvriers britanniques le 16 août 1819 sur le terrain de St Peter s Fields à Manchester en… … Wikipédia en Français
Peterloo — (spr. pīterlo), ehedem ein Platz in Manchester (jetzt verbaut), auf dem am 16. Juli 1819 eine Volksversammlung stattfand, die durch Waffengewalt gesprengt wurde (P. Massacre) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Massacre de Peterloo — 53° 28′ 41″ N 2° 14′ 49″ W / 53.478, 2.247 … Wikipédia en Français
