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

1 sense of mary queen of scots

Sense 1
Mary Queen of Scots, Mary Stuart -- (queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587))
       INSTANCE OF=> queen, queen regnant, female monarch -- (a female sovereign ruler)