house of lancaster

1. 1.

   the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose

   SynonymsLancasterLancastrian line

   Broaderdynastyroyalty

Questions about house of lancaster

What does house of lancaster mean?

house of lancaster means "the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose".

What is another word for house of lancaster?

Close synonyms include Lancaster, Lancastrian line. 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 house of lancaster a common word?

house 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.