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Cromwell

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An English habitational surname, most famously that of Oliver Cromwell, the English military and political leader who ruled as Lord Protector.
"Oliver Cromwell led the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War."
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Etymology

From Old English crump ("crooked, bent") plus wella ("spring").

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