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biographical name(Wil-liam)name of 4 kings of England: I (the Conqueror) circa 1028—1087 (reigned 1066—87); II (Rufus ) circa 1056—1100 (reigned 1087—1100); III 1650—1702 (reigned 1689—1702—see mary ii); IV 1765—1837 (reigned 1830—37)
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noun(Wil-liam)a heroic archer in Swiss legend who complies with an order to shoot an apple off his son's head
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biographical name(Wil-liam)1533—1584 the Silent prince of Orange and founder of the Dutch Republic
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biographical name(Wil-liam)1797—1888 Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig king of Prussia (1861—88) German emperor (1871—88)
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biographical name(Wil-liam)1859—1941 Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert German emperor and king of Prussia (1888—1918)
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biographical name(Wil-liam)circa 1090—circa 1143 English historian
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noun(Wil-liam)a widely cultivated Old World pink (Dianthus barbatus) with small white to deep red or purple flowers often showily spotted, banded, or mottled and borne in flat-topped cymes
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biographical name(Wil-liam)1620—1688 the Great Elector elector of Brandenburg (1640—88)
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biographical name(Wil-liam)name of 4 kings of Prussia: I 1688—1740 (reigned 1713—40); II 1744—1797 (reigned 1786—97); III 1770—1840 (reigned 1797—1840); IV 1795—1861 (reigned 1840—61)
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geographical name(Wil-liam)inlet of the Gulf of Alaska in southern Alaska east of the Kenai Peninsula