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HENRY TUDOR

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• HENRY TUDOR (noun)
The noun HENRY TUDOR has 1 sense:

1. first Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)

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

• HENRY TUDOR (noun)

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Meaning:

First Tudor king of England from 1485 to 1509; head of the house of Lancaster in the War of the Roses; defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field and was proclaimed king; married the daughter of Edward IV and so united the houses of York and Lancaster (1457-1509)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Henry Tudor; Henry VII

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Henry 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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