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Definition of EDWARD
Pronunciation : EDWARD

noun : EDWARD

Source:WordNet 3.1

  • 3. (

    ) King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553) ;

  • 4. (

    ) King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483) ;

  • 5. (

    ) King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483) ;

  • 6. (

    ) son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377) ;

  • 7. (

    ) King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327) ;

  • 10. (

    ) son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376) ;


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