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HOUSE OF WINDSOR
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The British royal family since 1917
Synonyms:
House of Windsor; Windsor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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))
