dynasty
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1. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family (noun.group)
hyponym | : | bourbon, bourbon dynasty, |
definition | : | a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793) and Spain and Naples and Sicily (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | capetian dynasty, |
definition | : | a Frankish dynasty founded by Hugh Capet that ruled from 987 to 1328 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | flavian dynasty, |
definition | : | a dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | han, han dynasty, |
definition | : | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | habsburg, hapsburg, |
definition | : | a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | hohenzollern, |
definition | : | a German noble family that ruled Brandenburg and Prussia (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | liao, liao dynasty, |
definition | : | the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | merovingian, merovingian dynasty, |
definition | : | a Frankish dynasty founded by Clovis I that reigned in Gaul and Germany from about 500 to 750 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | ming, ming dynasty, |
definition | : | the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | ottoman, ottoman dynasty, |
definition | : | the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | plantagenet, plantagenet line, |
definition | : | the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | ptolemaic dynasty, ptolemy, |
definition | : | an ancient dynasty of Macedonian kings who ruled Egypt from 323 BC to 30 BC; founded by Ptolemy I and ended with Cleopatra (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | ch'in, ch'in dynasty, qin, qin dynasty, |
definition | : | the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | romanoff, romanov, |
definition | : | the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | saxe-coburg-gotha, |
definition | : | the name of the royal family that ruled Great Britain from 1901-1917; the name was changed to Windsor in 1917 in response to anti-German feelings in World War I (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | seljuk, |
definition | : | any one of the Turkish dynasties that ruled Asia Minor from the 11th to the 13th centuries; they successfully invaded Byzantium and defended the Holy Land against Crusaders (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | shang, shang dynasty, |
definition | : | the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | stuart, |
definition | : | the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | song, song dynasty, sung, sung dynasty, |
definition | : | the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | tang, tang dynasty, |
definition | : | the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | house of tudor, tudor, |
definition | : | an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603) (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | omayyad, ommiad, umayyad, |
definition | : | the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | valois, |
definition | : | French royal house from 1328 to 1589 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | wei, wei dynasty, |
definition | : | any of several imperial dynasties of China ruling from 220 to 265 and from 386 to 556 (noun.group) |
hyponym | : | house of york, york, |
definition | : | the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose (noun.group) |
derivation | : | dynastic, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | dynastic, |
definition | : | of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty (adj.pert) |
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