HyperDic: athelstan

English > 1 sense of the word Athelstan:
NOUNperson Athelstanthe first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)
English > Athelstan: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningThe first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939).
Instance ofSaxonA member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
king, male monarch, RexA male sovereign
CatalanAthelstan

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