All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "History of the United Kingdom"
Parent categories: United Kingdom, History of Europe, British Isles, Europe, History, Islands, Earth, Eurasia, Places, Nature, Names
Total 77 word senses
- Adventus Saxonum (Proper name) [English] The arrival en masse of Germanic settlers or invaders in Britain in the 5th–6th centuries CE.
- Aethelred (Proper name) [English] A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred; A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871
- Aethelred (Proper name) [English] A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred; A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016
- Alsatia (Proper name) [English] An area lying north of London's River Thames, once privileged as a sanctuary and thus known as a refuge for criminals. It spanned from the Whitefriars monastery to the south of the west end of Fleet Street and adjacent to the Temple.
- Ancalites (Proper name) [Latin] A tribe of Britain mentioned by Caesar
- Battle of Britain (Proper name) [English] A series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe during World War II for air superiority over southern England and the English Channel prior to any German invasion of the British Isles.
- Bibroci (Proper name) [Latin] A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar.
- Black and Tan (Noun) [English] A member of the RIC British paramilitary force, operating against Irish republicans in the War of Independence 1920/21.
- Blitz (Proper name) [English] The series of air raids launched on various cities in Great Britain by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II.
- Bloody Code (Proper name) [English] A schedule of crimes and punishments in 19th-century England that introduced the death penalty for numerous offences.
- Bristol pound (Noun) [English] A local currency (not legal tender) in Bristol, England, tied to the pound sterling, introduced in 2012 to promote local business and retired in 2021. Symbol £B.
- British Empire (Proper name) [English] The United Kingdom and its overseas dependencies and colonies.
- Cantre'r Gwaelod (Proper name) [English] A mythical sunken city in Wales, United Kingdom.
- Cassi (Proper name) [Latin] A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar.
- Cenimagni (Proper name) [Latin] A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Julius Caesar.
- Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (Proper name) [English] The British state when Great Britain and Ireland were a republic ruled by Oliver Cromwell.
- Edwardian (Adjective) [English] Of the period in British history from circa 1901 to 1910, when Edward VII ruled the British Empire.
- Ethelred (Proper name) [English] A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred or Æthelred; A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871
- Ethelred (Proper name) [English] A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred or Æthelred; A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016
- Fireside Poets (Proper name) [English] A school of 19th century New England poets, often characterized as including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
- Georgian (Noun) [English] The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
- Georgian (Noun) [English] A native or resident of the state of Georgia in the United States of America.
- Georgian (Adjective) [English] Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I and George II of Great Britain, and George III and George IV of the United Kingdom (1714–1830).
- Georgian (Adjective) [English] Pertaining to a movement in lyric poetry during the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom (1910-1936).
- Glorious Revolution (Proper name) [English] The 1688 deposition of James II as King of England and Ireland and (as James VII) of Scotland and his subsequent replacement by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III (II of Scotland).
- Iceni (Proper name) [Latin] Iceni
- Jacobite (Noun) [English] A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.]; A member of the Syriac Orthodox Church, or historically any miaphysite or monophysite.
- Marprelate (Proper name) [English] A pseudonym used in the later 16th century by a satirist, or group of satirists, who attacked the Anglican episcopacy.
- Matter of Britain (Proper name) [English] The body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain, and sometimes Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.
- Restoration (Proper name) [English] The events of 1660 when English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were restored under Charles II.
- Roundhead (Noun) [English] A supporter of parliament during the English Civil War.
- Segontiaci (Proper name) [Latin] A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar.
- Spanish Armada (Proper name) [English] The fleet of warships sent by Philip II of Spain against England in 1588.
- Trinobantes (Proper name) [Latin] A Celtic tribe of Britannia, whose capital was Camulodunum
- Trinovantes (Proper name) [Latin] Alternative form of Trinobantes
- Victorian (Adjective) [English] Of, or native or relating to, the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada.
- Victorian (Noun) [English] A person from the city of Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada.
- Welsh not (Noun) [English] A piece of wood or similar object used to discourage the speaking of Welsh in schools. Any child overheard speaking Welsh was given the "not", and the child who had it at the end of the day would be punished.
- Williamite (Noun) [English] A follower of King William III of England who deposed King James II in the Glorious Revolution.
- Zeppelin (Proper name) [English] Abbreviation of Led Zeppelin.
- decimalisation (Noun) [English] Specifically, conversion of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1971 from pounds, shillings and pence to a decimal system in which one pound was worth 100 new pence (later renamed simply pence).
- dominium (Noun) [Polish] dominion (one of several self-governing nations of the British Empire)
- eagle (Noun) [English] A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
- eightpence (Noun) [English] A former coin worth eight pence; the monetary amount of eight pence.
- ententa (Proper name) [Polish] Triple Entente (informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894)
- florin (Noun) [English] Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- florin (Noun) [English] The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- florin (Noun) [English] A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- florin (Noun) [English] A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
- fourpence (Noun) [English] A former British silver coin, worth four pence.
- ha'penny (Noun) [English] A halfpenny; a former British and Irish coin.
- half-crown (Noun) [English] A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.
- half-noble (Noun) [English] An ancient unit of currency of England, equivalent to half a noble.
- heptarchia (Noun) [Polish] heptarchy (group of seven states, especially those in Anglo-Saxon Britain)
- jakobita (Noun) [Polish] Jacobite (member of the sect of Syrian Monophysites)
- konstabl (Noun) [Polish] constable (officer of a British noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander)
- mitre (Noun) [English] A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
- pals battalion (Noun) [English] A group of men who were friends before being enlisted, all of whom were placed into a single battalion in order to incentivize enlistment in the British Army during World War I.
- pollard (Noun) [English] A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
- quarter farthing (Noun) [English] A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.
- rosary (Noun) [English] Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)
- scalding (Adjective) [English] Hot enough to burn.
- scalding (Noun) [English] Synonym of escaline, (particularly) the form circulated by Stephen de Fulbourn in Ireland as a debased form of the sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
- sceat (Noun) [English] A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver.
- shilling (Noun) [English] A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.
- sixpence (Noun) [English] The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling.
- sixpenny bit (Noun) [English] Former (pre-decimalisation) British and Irish coins worth six old pennies.
- steeping (Noun) [English] A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I.
- stephening (Noun) [English] Alternative form of steeping
- steping (Noun) [English] Obsolete form of steeping.
- szyling (Noun) [Polish] shilling (coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries)
- tanner (Noun) [English] A former British coin worth six old pence.
- tenpence (Noun) [English] A coin worth ten new pence.
- three halfpence (Noun) [English] A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):; Such a British coin (1½d. = £⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).
- threepence (Noun) [English] A former (pre-decimalisation) British or Irish coin worth three old pence.
- time immemorial (Noun) [English] Time that extends beyond memory or record.
- two bob (Noun) [English] Two shillings; a florin.
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