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GEORGE IV

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Overview

GEORGE IV (noun)
  The noun GEORGE IV has 1 sense:

1. King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830)play

  Familiarity information: GEORGE IV used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GEORGE IV (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George; George IV

Instance hypernyms:

King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("George IV" is a member of...):

Hanover; Hanoverian line; House of Hanover (the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria))


 Context examples 


Amongst the books to which I am indebted for my material in my endeavour to draw various phases of life and character in England at the beginning of the century, I would particularly mention Ashton’s Dawn of the Nineteenth Century; Gronow’s “Reminiscences;” Fitzgerald’s “Life and Times of George IV.;” Jesse’s “Life of Brummell;” “Boxiana;” “Pugilistica;” Harper’s “Brighton Road;” Robinson’s “Last Earl of Barrymore” and “Old Q.;” Rice’s “History of the Turf;” Tristram’s “Coaching Days;” James’s “Naval History;” Clark Russell’s “Collingwood” and “Nelson.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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