Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun st._edward_the_confessor

1 sense of st. edward the confessor

Sense 1
Edward the Confessor, Saint Edward the Confessor, St. Edward the Confessor -- (son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066; he founded Westminster Abbey where he was eventually buried (1003-1066))
       INSTANCE OF=> King of England, King of Great Britain -- (the sovereign ruler of England)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)