"Captain Swing" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Captain Swing}} Captain Swing
  1. The imagined leader of the Swing riots in rural England in 1830. Categories (topical): Individuals Derived forms: Swingism

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