edward iii

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edward iii - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Edward III
      n 1: 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,
           Edward III]