duke of lancaster

1. 1.

   the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)

   SynonymsJohn of Gaunt

   Broaderduke

Questions about duke of lancaster

What does duke of lancaster mean?

duke of lancaster means "the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)".

What is another word for duke of lancaster?

Close synonyms include John of Gaunt. 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 duke of lancaster a common word?

duke of lancaster is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.