STUART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stuart mean? 

• STUART (noun)
  The noun STUART has 3 senses:

1. United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

2. a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England

3. the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714

  Familiarity information: STUART used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STUART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gilbert Charles Stuart; Gilbert Stuart; Stuart

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)

Holonyms ("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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

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

royal family; royal house; royal line; royalty (royal persons collectively)

Meronyms (members of "Stuart"):

Stuart (a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England)

James; James I; King James; King James I (the first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings (1566-1625))

James; James II (the last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701))

James; James IV (a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513))

Mary Queen of Scots; Mary Stuart (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))

 Context examples 

A team led by Dr. Stuart J. Warden of Indiana University explored whether any bone benefits of physical activity during youth persist with aging.

(Physical Activity Brings Lasting Bone Benefits, NIH, US)

“We decided we should have this reaction occur outside of the body in a plant, an example of the ‘green liver’ concept,” Stuart Strand, Ph.D. explained.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Researchers at George Washington University, led by Stuart Licht, think they have developed a novel solution, and they're calling it the "molten air battery."

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)

"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)

There can, I think, be no doubt that this battered and shapeless diadem once encircled the brows of the royal Stuarts.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)