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

2 senses of ethelred

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)

Sense 2
Ethelred, Ethelred I -- (king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871))
       INSTANCE OF=> king, male monarch, Rex -- (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)