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Brewer's: Grandison Cromwell Lafayette
Grandison Cromwell was the witty nickname given by Mirabeau to Lafayette, meaning thereby that he had all the ambition of a Cromwell in his heart, but wanted to appear before men as a Sir Charles Grandison.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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