BORGIA

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• BORGIA (noun)
  The noun BORGIA has 4 senses:

1. Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)

2. Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)

3. Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)

4. Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)

  Familiarity information: BORGIA used as a noun is uncommon.

• BORGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Italian pope whose nepotism put the Borgia family in power in Italy (1378-1458)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alfonso Borgia; Borgia; Calixtus III

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Borgia; Duchess of Ferrara; Lucrezia Borgia

Instance hypernyms:

Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Italian cardinal and military leader; model for Machiavelli's prince (1475-1507)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Borgia; Cesare Borgia

Instance hypernyms:

cardinal ((Roman Catholic Church) one of a group of more than 100 prominent bishops in the Sacred College who advise the Pope and elect new Popes)

soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Pope and father of Cesare Borgia and Lucrezia Borgia (1431-1503)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Alexander VI; Borgia; Pope Alexander VI; Rodrigo Borgia

Instance hypernyms:

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

 Context examples 

By that time, of course, I knew for certain that it was the Borgia pearl that we were after.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)