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1380s

1380s noun: the decade from 1380 to 1389.

Noun

1380s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The decade from 1380 to 1389.
    • Though in many ways cold and remote, Richard was not without a capacity for friendship. From the days of his youth he had always cherished the company of a select group of male friends. His deep affection for Robert de Vere in the 1380s is well known. In the 1390s he apppears to have been on...1999 July 15, Liz Broadwell, “Richard II's licentiousness”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), retrieved 26 Jul 2022
    • There is contemporary evidence that Duchess Cecily Neville's father-in-law Richard of Conisburgh, Earl of Cambridge, was illegitimate, as historian T.B. Pugh discusses. His mother's affair with John Holland was reported in chronicles in the 1380s (when Richard was conceived and born), and Edmund of...2007 January 2, Mar...@aol.com, “Richard, Earl of Cambridge (d. 1415) - illegitimate??”, in soc.genealogy.medieval (Usenet), retrieved 26 Jul 2022

Examples of 1380s in a sentence

  • His deep affection for Robert de Vere in the 1380s is well known.1999 July 15, Liz Broadwell, “Richard II's licentiousness”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), retrieved 26 Jul 2022:
  • Some landlords started to make fundamental reassessments of their systems of estate management at varying points in the 1370s and 1380s.2008, Ben Dodds, Richard Britnell, Agriculture and Rural Society After the Black Death: Common Themes and Regional Variations, page 26:
  • In a wave of persecution in the 1380s, an unprecedented number of Jews in Spain converted.2020 November 30, William Hyde, “[tears] The Tenth Planet by Edmund Cooper”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), retrieved 26 Jul 2022:

Questions about 1380s

What does 1380s mean?
1380s means the decade from 1380 to 1389.
How do you use 1380s in a sentence?
His deep affection for Robert de Vere in the 1380s is well known.
What part of speech is 1380s?
1380s is a noun.

Words near 1380s in the dictionary

  1. 1337speak
  2. 134340 Pluto
  3. 1350s
  4. 1360s
  5. 1370s
  6. 1380s
  7. 1390s
  8. 13er
  9. 13ers
  10. 13q deletion syndrome
  11. 13th

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