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Peterloo Massacre noun an incident at St Peter’s Fields, Manchester, in 1819 in which a radical meeting was broken up by a cavalry charge, resulting in about 500 injuries and 11 deaths Liberaldictionary.com
Word Origin for Peterloo Massacre C19: from St Peter’s Fields + Waterloo Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
