CATHERINE DE MEDICIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

queen (the wife or widow of a king)

regent (someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch)

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