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Bolingbroke

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Bol·ing·broke  (blng-brk, bl-, blng-), First Viscount
See Henry Saint John.
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Noun1.BolingbrokeBolingbroke - the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)
Henry Bolingbroke, Henry IV
House of Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Lancaster - the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose


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My father's name was Walter Shirley, and he was a teacher in the Bolingbroke High School.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Well, I'm glad you were born in Bolingbroke anyway.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
When Duke Henry of Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, deposed the king and himself assumed the throne as Henry IV, Chaucer's prosperity seemed assured, but he lived after this for less than a year, dying suddenly in 1400.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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