Bolingbroke

Bol·ing·broke

B0374200 (bŏl′ĭng-bro͝ok′, bo͝ol′-, bō′lĭng-), First Viscount. See Henry Saint John.

Bolingbroke

(ˈbɒlɪŋˌbrʊk) n1. (Biography) the surname of Henry IV of England. See Henry IV2. (Biography) Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. 1678–1751, English politician; fled to France in 1714 and acted as secretary of state to the Old Pretender; returned to England in 1723. His writings include A Dissertation on Parties (1733–34) and Idea of a Patriot King (1738)

Bol•ing•broke

(ˈbɒl ɪŋˌbrʊk; older ˈbʊl-)

n. Henry St. John (ˈsɪn dʒən) 1st Viscount, 1678–1751, British statesman, writer, and orator.

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Bolingbroke - the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413)Henry Bolingbroke, Henry IVHouse of Lancaster, Lancastrian line, Lancaster - the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose