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MARY TUDOR

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MARY TUDOR (noun)
  The noun MARY TUDOR has 1 sense:

1. daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)play

  Familiarity information: MARY TUDOR used as a noun is very rare.


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MARY TUDOR (noun)


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Meaning:

Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bloody Mary; Mary I; Mary Tudor

Instance hypernyms:

Queen of England (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("Mary Tudor" 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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