Boleyn

[ bool-in, boo-lin ]

/ ˈbʊl ɪn, bʊˈlɪn /

noun

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

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bole, bolection, bolero, boletic acid, boletus, Boleyn, Boleyn, Anne, Bolger, bolide, bolillo, boline

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The Boleyn party hated him,70 because they knew that he loathed the Boleyn marriage.
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Boleyn was a specimen of a class; in him the instinct of self-preservation was highly developed.
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Soft chirurgions make foul sores, said Boleyn, the grandfather of the beautiful and unfortunate Anne Boleyn.
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British Dictionary definitions for Boleyn

Boleyn

/ (bʊˈlɪn, ˈbʊlɪn) /

noun

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

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