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

1 sense of war of the spanish succession

Sense 1
War of the Spanish Succession -- (a general war in Europe (1701-1714) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain; England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power)
       INSTANCE OF=> war, warfare -- (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war")