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    BLACK PLAGUE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europeplay

    Synonyms:

    Black Death; Black Plague

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("Black Plague" is a kind of...):

    bubonic plague; glandular plague; pestis bubonica (the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person)

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