tudor

English Thesaurus

1. an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) (noun.group)

hypernym	:	dynasty,
definition	:	a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family (noun.group)

member holonym	:	tudor,
definition	:	a member of the dynasty that ruled England (noun.person)

member holonym	:	elizabeth, elizabeth i,
definition	:	Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603) (noun.person)

member holonym	:	grey, lady jane grey,
definition	:	Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) (noun.person)

member holonym	:	henry tudor, henry vii,
definition	:	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) (noun.person)

member holonym	:	henry viii,
definition	:	son of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547; his divorce from Catherine of Aragon resulted in his break with the Catholic Church in 1534 and his excommunication 1538, leading to the start of the Reformation in England (1491-1547) (noun.person)

member holonym	:	bloody mary, mary i, mary tudor,
definition	:	daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558) (noun.person)

2. a member of the dynasty that ruled England (noun.person)

hypernym	:	ruler, swayer,
definition	:	a person who rules or commands (noun.person)

member meronym	:	house of tudor, tudor,
definition	:	an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) (noun.group)

3. United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	choreographer,
definition	:	someone who creates new dances (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean,
definition	:	a performer who dances professionally (noun.person)

4. of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	house of tudor, tudor,
definition	:	an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) (noun.group)

pertainym	:	house of tudor, tudor,
definition	:	an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) (noun.group)