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LADY JANE GREY
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• LADY JANE GREY (noun)
The noun LADY JANE GREY has 1 sense:
1. Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
Familiarity information: LADY JANE GREY used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Grey; Lady Jane Grey
Instance hypernyms:
Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Lady Jane Grey" is a member of...):
House of Tudor; Tudor (an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603))
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