Meaning of Wars of the Roses | Babel Free

Definitions

A civil war that lasted from 1455 to 1487, fought between the English houses of Lancaster and York and allies in France, Burgundy and Scotland.

historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates.”

CEFR level