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WARWICK

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• WARWICK (noun)
The noun WARWICK has 1 sense:

1. English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)

Familiarity information: WARWICK used as a noun is very rare.

• WARWICK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Earl of Warwick; Kingmaker; Richard Neville; Warwick

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

"Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised."
(English proverb)
"There is no man nor thing without his defect, and often they have two or three of them"
(Breton proverb)
"Shall the sheep go astray, they will be led by the ill goat."
(Arabic proverb)
"An idle man is up to no good."
(Corsican proverb)

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