bolingbroke

Questions about bolingbroke

What does bolingbroke mean?

bolingbroke means "the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)".

How many syllables are in bolingbroke?

bolingbroke has 3 syllables and divides as bo-ling-broke under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for bolingbroke?

Close synonyms include Henry IV, Henry Bolingbroke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bolingbroke a common word?

bolingbroke is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.