Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethelred_ii
1 sense of ethelred ii
Sense 1
Ethelred, Ethelred II, Ethelred the Unready -- (king of the English who succeeded to the throne after his half-brother Edward the Martyr was murdered; he struggled unsuccessfully against the invading Danes (969-1016))
INSTANCE OF=> king, male monarch, Rex -- (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)