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LANCASTRIAN LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lancastrian line mean?
• LANCASTRIAN LINE (noun)
The noun LANCASTRIAN LINE has 1 sense:
1. the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
Familiarity information: LANCASTRIAN LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
House of Lancaster; Lancaster; Lancastrian line
Hypernyms ("Lancastrian line" 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 "Lancastrian line"):
Lancastrian (a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster)
Bolingbroke; Henry Bolingbroke; Henry IV (the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413))
Henry V (son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422))
Henry VI (son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461; he was taken prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king; he was rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured and murdered in the Tower of London (1421-1471))
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