HyperDic: black_death

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

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