noun
1. first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
• Syn: ↑Catherine of Aragon
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑wife, ↑married woman
2. empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
• Syn: ↑Catherine II, ↑Catherine the Great
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑empress
Useful english dictionary. 2012.