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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPENSER

Despenser  [dɪsˈpɛnsə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPENSER

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despenser is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DESPENSER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Despenser in the English dictionary

The definition of Despenser in the dictionary is Hugh le, Earl of Winchester. 1262–1326, English statesman, a favourite of Edward II. Together with his son Hugh, the Younger, he was executed by the king's enemies.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPENSER


biosensor
ˈbaɪəʊˌsɛnsə
censer
ˈsɛnsə
censor
ˈsɛnsə
commencer
kəˈmɛnsə
condenser
kənˈdɛnsə
dispenser
dɪˈspɛnsə
ENSA
ˈɛnsə
extensor
ɪkˈstɛnsə
fencer
ˈfɛnsə
flenser
ˈflɛnsə
incensor
ˈɪnsɛnsə
Mensa
ˈmɛnsə
photosensor
ˈfəʊtəʊˌsɛnsə
recompenser
ˈrɛkəmˌpɛnsə
sensor
ˈsɛnsə
spencer
ˈspɛnsə
Spenser
ˈspɛnsə
suspenser
səˈspɛnsə
suspensor
səˈspɛnsə
tensor
ˈtɛnsə

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPENSER

Abbe condenser
cash dispenser
cleanser
jet condenser
licenser
Liebig condenser
merganser
red-breasted merganser
responser
rinser
surface condenser

Synonyms and antonyms of Despenser in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Despenser» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

Despenser
1,325 millions of speakers

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Despenser
570 millions of speakers

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Despenser
510 millions of speakers

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Despenser
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Despenser
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Despenser
278 millions of speakers

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Despenser
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Despenser
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Despenser
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Pengawal
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Despenser
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Despenser
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Despenser
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Despenser
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Despenser
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Despenser
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Despenser
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despenser
70 millions of speakers

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Despenser
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Despenser
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Despenser
40 millions of speakers

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Despenser
30 millions of speakers
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Despenser
15 millions of speakers
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Despenser
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Despenser
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despenser
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Trends of use of Despenser

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPENSER»

The term «Despenser» is normally little used and occupies the 110.956 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPENSER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Despenser

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPENSER»

Discover the use of Despenser in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Despenser and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The History and Antiquities of Charnwood Forest: With an ...
PEDIGREE OF LE DESPENSER. Thomas le Despenser. In a grant of lands at Burton to the Monks of Garendon (Nichols, Vol. III., p. 810), he speaks of his wife Recuare, and his son Geoffrey. This deed must have been executed between 1168 ...
Thomas Rossell Potter, 1842
2
Historical Dictionary of Late Medieval England, 1272-1485
Interspersed among these various diplomatic missions, Despenser served with the king in SCOTLAND in 1303, 1304, and 1306. For his constant service Edward rewarded Despenser with the manors of Kirtlington in 1 296 and Great Haselese  ...
Ronald H. Fritze, William Baxter Robison, 2002
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Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval ...
arrested, and suffered imprisonment. He was reconciled to the new king in 1401. HENRY LE DESPENSER, Bishop of Norwich, died 23 Aug. 1406, and was buried in his cathedral church. Weever Ancient Funerall Monuments (1631): 793–794.
Douglas Richardson
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Honors and Knights' Fees: An Attempt to Identify the ...
As to Arnesby the jury of 125 1-2 related that Hugh de Beau- champ enfeoffed Ellis the Despenser of 15 virgates, Hugh de Alneto of 6 virgates, and Ralph de la Mare of 15 virgates, the three tenements being held by doing the forinsec service.
William Farrer, 1925
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Foundations of Medieval Scholarship: Records Edited in ...
It is useful to begin with Hugh Despenser, arguably the most famous individual mentioned in the Wiltshire return, and doubtless one of the figures that convinced Powicke he was looking at a list of men who were 'knights or more already'.
Paul A. Brand, Sean Cunningham, 2008
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Fourteenth Century England
THE LAST MONTHS OF THOMAS, LORD DESPENSER* Martyn Lawrence ' Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families.'1 The nineteenth- century British philosopher George Henry Lewes could almost have been writing of the ...
J. S. Hamilton, 2006
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The Baronial Opposition to Edward II
All these grants, privileges and powers which Despenser obtained, illustrate the extent of the influence which he must have exercised over the mind of the king, as do the appeals made by persons to Despenser, to obtain favours from the king  ...
James Conway Davies, 2014
8
The History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred
In the ninth year of Richard II. partition ° was made of the estates as well of Sir Robert Tibetot as of Margaret his wife, then deceased, by virtue of which this manor, with Nettlested, Overty and Tunstal, in Suffolk, came to Sir Philip le Despenser ...
John Gage, John Gage Rokewode, 1838
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Baronial Opposition to Edward II: Its Character and Policy
All these grants, privileges and powers which Despenser obtained, illustrate the extent of the influence which he must have exercised over the mind of the king, as do the appeals made by persons to Despenser, to obtain favours from the king  ...
James Conway Davies, James Davies Conway, 2013
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An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume ...
The minor castle at Treoda was also listed, but this was almost certainly an error as it was destroyed in 1316. Hugh Despenser (1317-26) embarked on a ruthless policy of encroachment into the neighbouring Welsh lands of his brothers-in-law,  ...
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, 1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPENSER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Despenser is used in the context of the following news items.
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Poster poems: ottava rima
... Drayton turned to English history and the story of the early 14th-century revolt of the Barons against Edward II, known as the Despenser war, ... «The Guardian, May 15»
2
Why Edward II paid a visit to Ightenhill
Edward II took the opportunity to take more power to himself and, along with Hugh Despenser, and his son, he attempted to rule the country as ... «Pendle Today, May 15»
3
New battle to keep dog in Severn Vale Housing flat for Tewkesbury …
The 50-year-old lives with Oscar, a two-year-old bearded collie, in his second floor flat in Despenser Road, Prior's Park. That goes against the ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Apr 15»
4
Devotional panel of beheaded rebel 14th century martyr surfaces on …
He was the main force behind the capture and execution of Gaveston in 1312 and in forcing Edward to banish Despenser and his son in 1321. «Culture24, Mar 15»
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Malik Shakeel · Despenser at Pakistani Medical Students. yar forms lana ha ma saudia ma hon 00966540443102. Reply · Like. · 1 · March 25 ... «Dispatch News Desk, Mar 15»
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SIX NATIONS: Traffic and travel advice
... Fitzhammon Embankment) Plantagenet Street and Beauchamp Street from their junctions with Despenser Place to their junctions with Tudor ... «South Wales Argus, Feb 15»
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Where to park, eat and drink, train information and kick off times …
*Plantagenet Street and Beauchamp Street from their junctions with Despenser Place to their junctions with Tudor Street (access for residents ... «WalesOnline, Feb 15»
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Damp in home 'putting son at risk', says Tewkesbury mum Jade Beard
And she is convinced that what she says is a serious damp problem in her two-bedroom flat, in Despenser Road, Prior's Park, is aggravating ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Dec 14»
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On the trail of Britain's bloodiest dynasty
... the Plantagenet years: Edward II and his loathsome favourite Hugh Despenser the younger wound up here during the last weeks of Edward's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
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Facial hair's formative years: what the Vikings and Romans did for …
The fourteenth-century knight Edward, Lord Despenser, is depicted with a face covered by chain mail, yet with his dapper moustache still ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»

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