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Definitions of jackanapes in various dictionaries:
noun - someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
A conceited or impudent person.
A mischievous child.
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| someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous |
| A conceited or impudent person. |
| A mischievous child. |
| Archaic A monkey or an ape. |
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William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, (16 October 1396 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman, and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of the weak king Henry VI of England, and consequently a leading figure in the English government. Due to his influence in state policy, Suffolk came to be associated with many of the royal government's failures of the time, particularly on the war in France, earning him significant unpopularity and eventually leading to his downfall. He also appears prominently in Shakespeare's Henry VI, parts 1 and 2. * His early career was spent in the military, fighting in the Hundred Years' War from a young age. Despite missing the Battle of Agincourt due to invalidity, he participated in all subsequent campaigns of Henry V, and after the latter's death, Suffolk continued to serve in France, now for the boy king Henry VI. He was one of the English commanders at the failed Siege of Orléans, in the |