william the conqueror

1. 1.

   duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087)

   SynonymsWilliam I

   BroaderKing of England

Questions about william the conqueror

What does william the conqueror mean?

william the conqueror means "duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087)".

What is another word for william the conqueror?

Close synonyms include William I. 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 william the conqueror a common word?

william the conqueror 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.