HyperDic: black_plague

English > 1 sense of the expression Black Plague:
NOUNstateBlack Plague, Black Deaththe epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
English > Black Plague: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningThe epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe.
SynonymBlack Death
Broaderbubonic plague, pestis bubonica, glandular plagueThe most common form of the plague in humans
Spanishpeste negra
Catalanpesta negra, pesta Negra

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