NOUN
- the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)
How To Use Duke of Lancaster In A Sentence
- He argued that Camilla should not become queen, and instead take the title Duchess of Lancaster - the king is always the Duke of Lancaster.
- Parliament selected a regency council that excluded the king's uncle and leading lord, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
- Dryden, in his fine rifacimento of one of the finest passages in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, represents the Good Parson as choosing to resign his benefice rather than acknowledge the Duke of Lancaster to be King of England. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3
