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MEROVINGIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750

Synonyms:

Merovingian; Merovingian dynasty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Merovingian" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Merovingian"):

Merovingian (a member of the Merovingian dynasty)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Merovingian dynasty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Merovingian" is a kind of...):

crowned head; monarch; sovereign (a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right)

Holonyms ("Merovingian" is a member of...):

Merovingian; Merovingian dynasty (a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Merovingian dynasty or its members

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Merovingian (a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750)

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