Warbeck

[ wawr-bek ]

/ ˈwɔr bɛk /

noun

Per·kin

[pur-kin] /ˈpɜr kɪn/, 1474–99, Flemish imposter who pretended to the throne of England.

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Example sentences from the Web for warbeck

On that same day Warbeck assumed the sacred badge, and was enlisted among the knights of the Emperor Conrad.
The Pilgrims Of The Rhine|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Warbeck's vizor was up, and all the settled sternness of his soul was stamped upon his brow.
The Pilgrims Of The Rhine|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Warbeck, arrived at that epoch in the feelings when nothing stuns, followed with silent steps the rapid strides of his brother.
The Pilgrims Of The Rhine|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
But Warbeck soon found other allies of a most unexpected sort.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5|Various

Though I cannot attain this in my Commonwealth, you, perhaps, may in your Warbeck.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall

British Dictionary definitions for warbeck

Warbeck

/ (ˈwɔːbɛk) /

noun

Perkin (ˈpɜːkɪn). ?1474–99, Flemish impostor, pretender to the English throne. Professing to be Richard, Duke of York, he led an unsuccessful rising against Henry VII (1497) and was later executed

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