Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: edward
IPA transcription: ['ɛdwɚd]
Pronunciations of edward
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Edward, Black_Prince
    Meaning: son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Prince_Edward, Edward_Antony_Richard_Louis
    Meaning: third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_I
    Meaning: King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_II
    Meaning: 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)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_III
    Meaning: 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)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_IV
    Meaning: 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)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_V
    Meaning: 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)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_VI
    Meaning: King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_VII, Albert_Edward
    Meaning: King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910)
  • Synonyms: Edward, Edward_VIII, Duke_of_Windsor
    Meaning: King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
Usage examples
  • "Edward!
  • Edward Norman,
  • "Do not go, Edward.
  • "Is it not, Edward?"
  • Edward! she is dying!"
  • Edward smiled, and said--
  • Horace Edward. Will that do?"
  • EDWARD, JOHN, AND CHARLES HALL.
  • But Edward would do for the next."
  • "Let's just leave them here, Edward.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Edward VII, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Longest word in English, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Space Race, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Doolittle Raid, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Aztalan State Park, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Greatest Hits (Lost), License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Death erection, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Edward Clifford, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hamlet, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, License CC BY-SA 4.0