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Total 100 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.
• Beast from the East (Proper name) [English] A wave of unusually cold temperatures in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2018
• 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 (Proper name) [English] The British state when Great Britain and Ireland were a republic prior to rule by Oliver Cromwell.
• Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (Proper name) [English] The British state when Great Britain and Ireland were a republic ruled by Oliver Cromwell.
• Early Modern English (Proper name) [English] The form of the English language written and spoken from the end of the 15th century to the mid-17th century.
• 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] 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).
• Glorious Revolution (Proper name) [English] The 1888 revolution that resulted in the deposition of Queen Isabella II of Spain.
• Gunpowder Plot (Proper name) [English] A failed plot, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.
• Hundred Years' War (Proper name) [English] A series of conflicts between France and England, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453.
• Iceni (Proper name) [Latin] Iceni
• Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig (Proper name) [Tagalog] World War II; Second World War
• Isang Daang Taong Digmaan (Proper name) [Tagalog] Hundred Years' War
• Jacobite (Noun) [English] 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.
• Restoration (Proper name) [English] The era of Restoration (1660 to 1685) under Charles II, or to 1688 when James II was king.
• Restoration (Proper name) [English] The restoring of the Bourbon Dynasty in 1814.
• Restoration (Proper name) [English] The restoring of imperial rule in Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.
• 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
• Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig (Proper name) [Tagalog] World War I; First World War
• Victorian (Noun) [English] A person born in or living in the Victorian period, or exhibiting characteristics of that period.
• Victorian (Noun) [English] A house built in the Victorian architectural style.
• 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.
• Wars of the Roses (Proper name) [English] A civil war that lasted from 1455 to 1487, fought between the English houses of Lancaster and York and allies in France, Burgundy and Scotland.
• 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.
• World War I (Proper name) [English] The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
• World War II (Proper name) [English] The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.
• 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] A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
• 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)
• imagizm (Noun) [Polish] imagism (movement in early-20th-century British and American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language)
• jakobita (Noun) [Polish] Jacobite (member of the sect of Syrian Monophysites)
• jakobita (Noun) [Polish] Jacobite (supporter of the restoration of the Stuart kings)
• konstabl (Noun) [Polish] constable (lowest rank of the British and New Zealand police forces)
• konstabl (Noun) [Polish] constable (officer of a British noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander)
• konstabl (Noun) [Polish] constable (title of a court official in the Kingdom of the Franks)
• mitre (Noun) [English] A 13th-century coin minted in Europe which circulated in Ireland as a debased counterfeit sterling penny, outlawed under Edward I.
• nobel (Noun) [Polish] noble (medieval coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries)
• 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 pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
• pollard (Noun) [English] A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
• pollard (Noun) [English] A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
• pollard (Noun) [English] A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.
• pollard (Noun) [English] A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
• pollard (Verb) [English] To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
• 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] A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
• scalding (Adjective) [English] Hot enough to burn.
• sceat (Noun) [English] A small Anglo-Saxon coin, especially one made of silver; sometimes regarded as a weight (and thus a comparative measure of a coin's value).
• 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.
• time immemorial (Noun) [English] Time before 6 July 1189.
• two bob (Noun) [English] Two shillings; a florin.

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