Thomas pride
noun
1.
Thomas, died 1658, English soldier and regicide.
noun
1.
a feeling of honour and self-respect; a sense of personal worth
2.
excessive self-esteem; conceit
3.
a source of pride
4.
satisfaction or pleasure taken in one’s own or another’s success, achievements, etc (esp in the phrase take (a) pride in)
5.
the better or most superior part of something; flower
6.
the most flourishing time
7.
a group (of lions)
8.
the mettle of a horse; courage; spirit
9.
(archaic) sexual desire, esp in a female animal
10.
(archaic) display, pomp, or splendour
11.
pride of place, the most important position
verb
12.
(transitive; foll by on or upon) to take pride in (oneself) for
13.
(intransitive) to glory or revel (in)
noun
1.
Thomas. died 1658, English soldier on the Parliamentary side during the Civil War. He expelled members of the Long Parliament hostile to the army (Pride’s Purge, 1648) and signed Charles I’s death warrant
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