Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; 
 his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; 
 his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377); 
[syn: Edward, Edward III]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Edward III
    n 1: son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his
         claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War;
         his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and
         by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful
         arm of British Parliament (1312-1377) [syn: Edward,
         Edward III]