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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROUND'HEAD, n. [round and head.] A name formerly given to a puritan, from the practice which prevailed among the puritans of cropping the hair round.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a brachycephalic person
2: a supporter of parliament and Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: from the Puritans' cropping their hair short in contrast to the Cavaliers Date: 1641 1. a member of the parliamentary party in England at the time of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell 2. puritan 1

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. hist. a member of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War. Etymology: f. their custom of wearing the hair cut short

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roundhead Round"head`, n. (Eng. Hist.) A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. --Toone.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Puritan.