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Noun: John of Gaunt
  1. The fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)
    - Duke of Lancaster

Type of: duke

Encyclopedia: John of Gaunt