ATHELSTAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Saxon (a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest)

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

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