SINCE 1828
Bretwalda
noun
Bret·wal·da
| \ ˈbretˌwȯldə\
plural -s
Definition of Bretwalda
: the chief king in Anglo-Saxon England
—used as a title in the Old English Chronicle for several kings said to have held supremacy over kingdoms beyond their own
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