Edward
A gold coin produced in the reign of King EdwardA gold coin produced in the reign of King Edward.
» Edward read the text.
CN · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRExamples
32 sentencesEdward read the text.
Edward read the message.
ruЭдуард прочёл сообщение. — marafon
deEduard las die Nachricht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Edward succeeded to his uncle's estate.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)A gold coin produced in the reign of King Edward.
- King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
- King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
- King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
- King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483)
Origin
From Middle English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *AudawarduFrom Middle English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, corresponding to ed (“wealth, riches”) + ward (“ward, guard”), doublet of Eduard.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: EdwardsSynonyms
19 synonyms- King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972):Edward VIIIDuke of Windsor
- King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910):Edward VIIAlbert Edward
- King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553):Edward VI of EnglandEdward VI
- King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483):Edward V of EnglandEdward V
- King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483):Edward IV of EnglandEdward IV
- son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377):Edward III of EnglandEdward III
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.