MEROVINGIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Merovingian mean? 

• MEROVINGIAN (noun)
  The noun MEROVINGIAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Merovingian dynasty

2. a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750

  Familiarity information: MEROVINGIAN used as a noun is rare.

• MEROVINGIAN (adjective)
  The adjective MEROVINGIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Merovingian dynasty or its members

  Familiarity information: MEROVINGIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEROVINGIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Merovingian dynasty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Merovingian" is a kind of...):

crowned head; monarch; sovereign (a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right)

Holonyms ("Merovingian" is a member of...):

Merovingian; Merovingian dynasty (a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Merovingian; Merovingian dynasty

Hypernyms ("Merovingian" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

Meronyms (members of "Merovingian"):

Merovingian (a member of the Merovingian dynasty)

• MEROVINGIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Merovingian dynasty or its members

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Merovingian (a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750)