Warwick
['wɔrik]
Definition
(noun.) English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471).
Editor: Rodney--From WordNet
Examples
- They would visit Chester, or Warwick, or Windsor _en route_--for they might not have a chance of seeing these celebrated places again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lord Warwick, his contemporary, describes him as a plain man, in a cloth suit made by an ill country tailor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Mason