RICHARD III

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• RICHARD III (noun)
  The noun RICHARD III has 1 sense:

1. King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)

  Familiarity information: RICHARD III used as a noun is very rare.

• RICHARD III (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("Richard III" is a member of...):

House of York; York (the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose)

 Context examples 

I really believe, said he, I could be fool enough at this moment to undertake any character that ever was written, from Shylock or Richard III down to the singing hero of a farce in his scarlet coat and cocked hat.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)