war of the roses

1. 1.

   struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII

   SynonymsWars of the Roses

   Broaderwar

   PartsBosworth Field

   England

Questions about war of the roses

What does war of the roses mean?

war of the roses means "struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII".

What is another word for war of the roses?

Close synonyms include Wars of the Roses. 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 war of the roses a common word?

war of the roses 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.