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SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" 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 "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha"):
Albert Edward; Edward; Edward VII (King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910))
George; George V (King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936))
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