edward | (n) King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972), Syn. Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII |
edward | (n) King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910), Syn. Edward VII, Albert Edward |
edward | (n) King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553), Syn. Edward VI |
edward | (n) 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), Syn. Edward V |
edward | (n) 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), Syn. Edward IV |
edward | (n) 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), Syn. Edward III |
edward | (n) King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327), Syn. Edward II |
edward | (n) King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307), Syn. Edward I |
edward | (n) third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964), Syn. Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis |
edward | (n) son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376), Syn. Black Prince |
edwardian | (n) someone belonging to (or as if belonging to) the era of Edward VII |
edwardian | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of the era of Edward VII in England |
edwards | (n) American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758), Syn. Jonathan Edwards |
edward the confessor | (n) son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066), Syn. Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor |
edward the elder | (n) king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924) |
edward the martyr | (n) 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), Syn. St. Edward the Martyr, Saint Edward the Martyr |
lake edward | (n) a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda |
prince edward island | (n) an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada |
albee | (n) United States dramatist (1928-), Syn. Edward Franklin Albeen, Edward Albee |
appleton | (n) English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966), Syn. Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Edward Appleton |
berry | (n) United States rock singer (born in 1931), Syn. Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry |
britten | (n) major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976), Syn. Edward Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh |
cummings | (n) United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962), Syn. Edward Estlin Cummings, e. e. cummings |
du bois | (n) United States civil rights leader and political activist who campaigned for equality for Black Americans (1868-1963), Syn. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, W. E. B. Du Bois |
elgar | (n) British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934), Syn. Sir Edward William Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar |
ellington | (n) United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974), Syn. Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington |
fitzgerald | (n) English poet remembered primarily for his free translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1809-1883), Syn. Edward Fitzgerald |
gibbon | (n) English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794), Syn. Edward Gibbon |
hale | (n) prolific United States writer (1822-1909), Syn. Edward Everett Hale |
harriman | (n) United States railway tycoon (1848-1909), Syn. E. H. Harriman, Edward Henry Harriman |
housman | (n) English poet (1859-1936), Syn. A. E. Housman, Alfred Edward Housman |
hughes | (n) English poet (born in 1930), Syn. Edward James Hughes, Ted Hughes |
ives | (n) United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954), Syn. Charles Edward Ives |
jenner | (n) English physician who pioneered vaccination; Jenner inoculated people with small amounts of cowpox to prevent them from getting smallpox (1749-1823), Syn. Edward Jenner |
kendall | (n) United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972), Syn. Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall |
lawrence | (n) Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935), Syn. Thomas Edward Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia |
lear | (n) British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888), Syn. Edward Lear |
lee | (n) American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870), Syn. Robert Edward Lee, Robert E. Lee |
lytton | (n) English writer of historical romances (1803-1873), Syn. Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, First Baron Lytton |
macdowell | (n) United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908), Syn. Edward MacDowell |
masefield | (n) English poet (1878-1967), Syn. John Edward Masefield, John Masefield |
mason | (n) English writer (1865-1948), Syn. A. E. W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason |
meade | (n) English economist noted for his studies of international trade and finance (1907-1995), Syn. James Edward Meade |
moore | (n) English philosopher (1873-1958), Syn. George Edward Moore, G. E. Moore |
morley | (n) United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923), Syn. Edward Williams Morley, Edward Morley, E. W. Morley |
murrow | (n) United States broadcast journalist remembered for his reports from London during World War II (1908-1965), Syn. Edward Roscoe Murrow, Edward R. Murrow |
muybridge | (n) United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (born in England) (1830-1904), Syn. Eadweard Muybridge, Edward James Muggeridge |
pickett | (n) American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875), Syn. George Edward Pickett |
pusey | (n) English theologian who (with John Henry Newman and John Keble) founded the Oxford movement (1800-1882), Syn. Edward Pusey, Edward Bouverie Pusey |
rickenbacker | (n) the most decorated United States combat pilot in World War I (1890-1973), Syn. Eddie Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker |