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    WAR OF THE ROSES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VIIplay

    Synonyms:

    War of the Roses; Wars of the Roses

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Meronyms (parts of "War of the Roses"):

    Bosworth Field (the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII)

    Domain region:

    England (a division of the United Kingdom)

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