HUNDRED YEARS' WAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Meronyms (parts of "Hundred Years' War"):

battle of Crecy; Crecy (the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois)

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