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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
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• MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (noun)
The noun MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS has 1 sense:
1. 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)
Familiarity information: MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Mary Queen of Scots; Mary Stuart
Instance hypernyms:
female monarch; queen; queen regnant (a female sovereign ruler)
Holonyms ("Mary Queen of Scots" 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)
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