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| rdfs:comment | - The name derived from the group's rebellious custom of wearing their hair closely cropped (bowl-cut) round the head or flat. This fashion originated among the Puritans as an obvious contrast between them and the men of courtly fashion, who wore long ringlets. Ironically, most of the Parliamentarian leaders, including Oliver Cromwell, wore their hair long, but were known as Roundheads none the less.
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| abstract | - The name derived from the group's rebellious custom of wearing their hair closely cropped (bowl-cut) round the head or flat. This fashion originated among the Puritans as an obvious contrast between them and the men of courtly fashion, who wore long ringlets. The term "Roundheads" first appears in writing in 1641, but there are conflicting accounts of who invented it. During the war and for a time afterwards, Roundhead was a term of derision; in the New Model Army it was a punishable offence to call a fellow soldier a Roundhead. This contrasted with the term "Cavalier" which also started out as a pejorative term but was fondly embraced by the Royalists. Ironically, most of the Parliamentarian leaders, including Oliver Cromwell, wore their hair long, but were known as Roundheads none the less.
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