Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethelred_the_unready

1 sense of ethelred the unready

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)