john of gaunt

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)

   SynonymsDuke of Lancaster

   Broaderduke

Questions about john of gaunt

What does john of gaunt mean?

john of gaunt 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 john of gaunt?

Close synonyms include Duke of Lancaster. 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 john of gaunt a common word?

john of gaunt 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.