Athelstan

/ˌæθəlˈstæn/
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Other forms: Athelstans

Definitions of Athelstan
  1. noun
    the first Saxon ruler who extended his kingdom to include nearly all of England (895-939)
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    Saxon
    a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
    Rex, king, male monarch
    a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
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