st. edward the martyr

1. 1.

   King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)

   SynonymsEdward the MartyrSaint Edward the Martyr

   BroaderKing of Englandsaint

Questions about st. edward the martyr

What does st. edward the martyr mean?

st. edward the martyr means "King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978)".

What is another word for st. edward the martyr?

Close synonyms include Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr. 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 st. edward the martyr a common word?

st. edward the martyr 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.