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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bretwalda

· Bret·wal·da · IPA
01 n. The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare again…
  1. 1.
    The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes.(Eng. Hist.)