noun warbeck Perkin [pur-kin] /ˈpɜr kɪn/ (Show IPA), 1474–99, Flemish imposter who pretended to the throne of England. 1
noun warbeck Perkin (ˈpɜːkɪn). ?1474–99, Flemish impostor, pretender to the English throne. Professing to be Richard, Duke of York, he led an unsuccessful rising against Henry VII (1497) and was later executed 0