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WARS OF THE ROSES

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• WARS OF THE ROSES (noun)
The noun WARS OF THE ROSES has 1 sense:

1. struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII

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• WARS OF THE ROSES (noun)

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Meaning:

Struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

War of the Roses; Wars of the Roses

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Meronyms (parts of "Wars of the Roses"):

Bosworth Field (the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

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