Usually means: Anglo-Saxon king over other kings.
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  1. Bretwalda: Merriam-Webster
  2. bretwalda: Wordnik
  3. bretwalda: Wiktionary
  4. Bretwalda: Dictionary.com
  5. Bretwalda: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Bretwalda: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. bretwalda: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Bretwalda: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. Bretwalda: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  10. Bretwalda: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. bretwalda: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Bretwalda: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Bretwalda: Merriam-Webster

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  1. bretwalda: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (bretwalda)

noun:  (historical) A title given to some of the rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th century onwards who had achieved overlordship of some or all of the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

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