| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bosworth Field |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bos·worth Field |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b z w rth |
| A locality in central England near Leicester. It was the site of the final battle (August 22, 1485) of the Wars of the Roses, in which Henry Tudor (afterward Henry VII) defeated Richard III, the last king of the Plantagenet line. Richard was killed in the battle.
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