edward iii

1. 1.

   son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)

   SynonymsEdward

   BroaderKing of England

Questions about edward iii

What does edward iii mean?

edward iii means "son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)".

What is another word for edward iii?

Close synonyms include Edward. 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 edward iii a common word?

edward iii 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.