Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: William the Conqueror
  1. Duke of Normandy who led the Norman invasion of England and became the first Norman to be King of England; he defeated Harold II at the battle of Hastings in 1066 and introduced many Norman customs into England (1027-1087)
    - William I

Type of: King of England, King of Great Britain

Encyclopedia: William the Conqueror

Nearest

William Shockley
William Somerset Maugham
William Stanley Jevons
William Strickland
William Stubbs
William Styron
William Sydney Porter
William Tatem Tilden Jr.
William Tecumseh Sherman
William Tell
William the Conqueror
William Thompson
William Thornton
William Tindal
William Tindale
William Tyndale
William Walton
William Wilkie Collins
William Wordsworth
William Wycherley
William Wyler