HOUSE OF YORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does House of York mean? 

• HOUSE OF YORK (noun)
  The noun HOUSE OF YORK has 1 sense:

1. the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

  Familiarity information: HOUSE OF YORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUSE OF YORK (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

House of York; York

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))