William the Conqueror

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How to use William the Conqueror in a sentence

Immediately after this costly, hard-fought victory, the Anglo-Saxon king and his remaining, exhausted troops were compelled to hurry back south to face William of Normandy — soon to be William the Conqueror — at the Battle of Hastings.
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William Woodville died; a distinguished English physician and medical writer.
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William has thus been happily able to report to the society the approaching conversion of M'Bongo and his imminent civilization.
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William Hewson died; an eminent English anatomist, and medical author.
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William Penn, published in England his frame of government for the colony of Pennsylvania.
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British Dictionary definitions for William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror

noun

See William I (def. 1)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror

The duke of Normandy, a province of France, and the leader of the Norman Conquest of England. He defeated the English forces at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became the first Norman king of England.