EDWARD VIII

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• EDWARD VIII (noun)
  The noun EDWARD VIII has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EDWARD VIII used as a noun is very rare.

• EDWARD VIII (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Duke of Windsor; Edward; Edward VIII

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Edward VIII" is a member of...):

House of Windsor; Windsor (the British royal family since 1917)