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RICHARD COEUR DE LION
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• RICHARD COEUR DE LION (noun)
The noun RICHARD COEUR DE LION has 1 sense:
1. son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)
Familiarity information: RICHARD COEUR DE LION used as a noun is very rare.
• RICHARD COEUR DE LION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Richard Coeur de Lion; Richard I; Richard the Lion-Hearted; Richard the Lionheart
Instance hypernyms:
King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("Richard Coeur de Lion" is a member of...):
Plantagenet; Plantagenet line (the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485)
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