BOSWORTH FIELD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bosworth Field mean? 

• BOSWORTH FIELD (noun)
  The noun BOSWORTH FIELD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BOSWORTH FIELD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOSWORTH FIELD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Leicester; Leicestershire (a largely agricultural county in central England)

Holonyms ("Bosworth Field" is a part of...):

War of the Roses; Wars of the Roses (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)