HyperDic: canute_the_great

English > 1 sense of the expression Canute the Great:
NOUNperson Canute the Great, Canute, Cnut, Knutking of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him
English > Canute the Great: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaningking of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035).
SynonymsCanute, Cnut, Knut
Instance ofKing of England, King of Great BritainThe sovereign ruler of England
SpanishCanute the Great

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