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

1 sense of sir walter raleigh

Sense 1
Raleigh, Walter Raleigh, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ralegh, Walter Ralegh, Sir Walter Ralegh -- (English courtier (a favorite of Elizabeth I) who tried to colonize Virginia; introduced potatoes and tobacco to England (1552-1618))
       INSTANCE OF=> courtier -- (an attendant at the court of a sovereign)
       INSTANCE OF=> colonizer, coloniser -- (someone who helps to found a colony)