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YORK

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

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

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

• YORK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

House of York; York

Hypernyms ("York" 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 "York"):

Richard III (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))

"Don't burn your bridges before they're crossed."
(English proverb)
"What the people believe is true."
(Native American proverb, Anishinabe)
"Ask thy purse what thou should'st buy."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who has nothing will not eat. If you want flour, go gather chestnuts."
(Corsican proverb)

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Pronunciation of dynasty
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