DUKE OF LANCASTER

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• DUKE OF LANCASTER (noun)
  The noun DUKE OF LANCASTER has 1 sense:

1. the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)

  Familiarity information: DUKE OF LANCASTER used as a noun is very rare.

• DUKE OF LANCASTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Duke of Lancaster; John of Gaunt

Instance hypernyms:

duke (a British peer of the highest rank)

 Context examples 

From England had arrived the prince's brother, the Duke of Lancaster, with four hundred knights in his train and a strong company of archers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was on a Monday that the Duke of Lancaster's division passed safely through the Pyrenees.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)