Bolingbroke

[bol-ing-brook, bool-]

noun

1. Henry IV.

2. Henry St. John 1st Viscount, 1678–1751, British statesman, writer, and orator.

Bolingbroke

/ ˈbɒlɪŋˌbrʊk /

noun

1. the surname of Henry IV of England See Henry IV

2. Henry St John , 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. 1678–1751, English politician; fled to France in 1714 and acted as secretary of state to the Old Pretender; returned to England in 1723. His writings include A Dissertation on Parties (1733–34) and Idea of a Patriot King (1738)

Example Sentences

The first of Shakespeare's history plays, Richard II sees the unlikeable and corrupt king be usurped by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke who goes on to become Henry IV.

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“It was a multiracial cast — Shakespeare’s ‘Richard II.’ The people coming into power with Bolingbroke, they were all people of color.”

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Ethan Bolingbroke had seven catches for 83 yards and a touchdown.

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In a humble but well-done production, Brave Spirits had Richard II crowned and killed, and his successor, Henry Bolingbroke, a.k.a.

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And Bolingbroke’s motives — whether he has always wanted the crown, whether he actually wanted Richard dead — are unclear.

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