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Bol⋅eyn

[bool-in, boo-lin]
–noun
Anne, 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Bol·eyn   (bŏŏl'ĭn, bŏŏ-lĭn')   
Queen of England (1533-1536) as the second wife of Henry VIII. The mother of Elizabeth I, she produced no male heir and was subsequently tried for adultery and beheaded.
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