Bolingbroke

[bol-ing-brook; older bool-]

Bol·ing·broke

[bol-ing-brook; older bool-]
noun
1.
Henry IV (def. 2).
2.
Henry St. John [sin-juhn] , 1st Viscount, 1678–1751, British statesman, writer, and orator.
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Henry IV

noun
1.
1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
2.
(Bolingbroke; “Henry of Lancaster”), 1367–1413, king of England 1399–1413 (son of John of Gaunt).
3.
(“Henry of Navarre”; “Henry the Great”), 1553–1610, king of France 1589–1610: first of the French Bourbon kings.
4.
(italics) a two-part drama (Part 1, 1597?; Part 2, 1597–98?) by Shakespeare.
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Bolingbroke (ˈbɒlɪŋˌbrʊk)
 
n
1.  See Henry IV the surname of Henry IV of England
2.  Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. 1678--1751, English politician; fled to France in 1714 and acted as secretary of state to the Old Pretender; returned to England in 1723. His writings include A Dissertation on Parties (1733--34) and Idea of a Patriot King (1738)

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