HOUSE OF YORK

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

Synonyms:

House of York; York

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("House of York" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

royal family; royal house; royal line; royalty (royal persons collectively)

Meronyms (members of "House of York"):

Richard III (King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485))

Credits