MARY STUART

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• MARY STUART (noun)
  The noun MARY STUART 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 STUART used as a noun is very rare.

• MARY STUART (noun)

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 Stuart" 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)

 Context examples 

"Try a little now. Here is Schiller's Mary Stuart and a tutor who loves to teach." And Mr. Brooke laid his book on her lap with an inviting smile.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)