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CATHERINE DE MEDICIS

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Overview

CATHERINE DE MEDICIS (noun)
  The noun CATHERINE DE MEDICIS has 1 sense:

1. queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589)play

  Familiarity information: CATHERINE DE MEDICIS used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CATHERINE DE MEDICIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

queen (the wife or widow of a king)

regent (someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch)


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