Boleyn

[ bool-in, boo-lin ]

noun

1. Anne, 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England: mother of Queen Elizabeth I.

Boleyn

/ bʊˈlɪn; ˈbʊlɪn /

noun

1. BoleynAnne15071536FEnglishMISC: wife of Henry VIII Anne . 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England; mother of Elizabeth I. She was executed on a charge of adultery

Example Sentences

Tulip Fever will be directed by Justin Chadwick, who also made The Other Boleyn Girl.

From The Daily Beast

Think Henry the VIII and Anne Boleyn, the mistress he eventually married and ultimately beheaded.

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Most of these cracks had been repaired, but not to the satisfaction of Boleyn and Prouty.

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This is the closet Bordo comes to a phenomenological approximation of what it was like to be Anne Boleyn.

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No matter: The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a welcome corrective to the myths and misconceptions.

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Cranmer pronounced his marriage to Catherine null, and declared him lawfully married to Anne Boleyn.

From Project Gutenberg

The latter repudiated her in order to marry Anne Boleyn, and this divorce was the origin of the English schism.

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Anne Boleyn's fascinating smile split the great Church of Rome in twain, and gave a nation an altered destiny.

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Henry became disgusted with his queen, and enamoured of one of her maids of honour, Anne Boleyn.

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"Anne Boleyn" is particularly prolific in good puns, in the making of which the author showed himself an adept.

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