Plantagenet
pronunciation
How to pronounce Plantagenet in British English:
UK [plænˈtædʒinit]
How to pronounce Plantagenet in American English:
US [plænˈtædʒənɪt]
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- Noun:
- the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Mortimer dies , leaving plantagenet even more anxious to regain his birthright .
- 2. They were the two branches of the plantagenet family .
- 3. The problems began in the late fourteenth century , with the death of the long-lived king edward iii , of the house of plantagenet .
- 4. But there is little evidence of this at dover castle , where the actors in the king 's hall convey the development of trial by jury in plantagenet england without glossing over the hard bits .