hundred years' war

1. 1.

   the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453

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Questions about hundred years' war

What does hundred years' war mean?

hundred years' war means "the series of wars fought intermittently between France and England; 1337-1453".

Is hundred years' war a common word?

hundred years' war 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.