HOUSE OF WINDSOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does House of Windsor mean? 

• HOUSE OF WINDSOR (noun)
  The noun HOUSE OF WINDSOR has 1 sense:

1. the British royal family since 1917

  Familiarity information: HOUSE OF WINDSOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOUSE OF WINDSOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The British royal family since 1917

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

House of Windsor; Windsor

Hypernyms ("House of Windsor" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

Meronyms (members of "House of Windsor"):

Duke of Windsor; Edward; Edward VIII (King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972))

Elizabeth; Elizabeth II (daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-))

George; George V (King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936))

George; George VI (King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952))