English noun: War of the Roses | |||
1. | War of the Roses (act) struggle for the English throne (1455-1485) between the house of York (white rose) and the house of Lancaster (red rose) ending with the accession of the Tudor monarch Henry VII | ||
Synonyms | Wars of the Roses | ||
Instance hypernym | war, warfare | ||
Part holonym | Bosworth Field | ||
Domain region | England | ||