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HOUSE OF YORK
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
Synonyms:
House of York; York
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("House of York" is a kind of...):
dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)
royal family; royal house; royal line; royalty (royal persons collectively)
Meronyms (members of "House of York"):
Richard III (King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485))
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