English Explanatory Dictionary

Black Death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Black Death the Black Death

Synonyms

the plague the bubonic plague the Black Plague
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