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STUART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Stuart" 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 "Stuart"):
Stuart (a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England)
James; James I; King James; King James I (the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625))
James; James II (the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701))
James; James IV (a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513))
Mary Queen of Scots; Mary Stuart (queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Stuart" is a kind of...):
ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)
Holonyms ("Stuart" is a member of...):
Stuart (the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)
Synonyms:
Gilbert Charles Stuart; Gilbert Stuart; Stuart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
painter (an artist who paints)
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