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| Plan·tag·e·net [ plan tájjənət ] |
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of English royal family or reign: relating or belonging to the English royal family that ruled between 1154 and 1485, or to this period of English history. The period is spanned by the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III.
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noun (plural Plan·tag·e·nets) |
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member of Plantagenet royal family: a member of the Plantagenet royal family
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| [< Latin planta "sprig" + genista "broom," from the sprig of broom used as a family emblem] |
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