1893 - Thomas Edison received two U.S. patents. The first was for a "Cut Out for Incandescent Electric Lamps" and another for a "Stop Device" (No. 491,992-3). Also No. 492,150 for "Process of Coating Conductors for Incandescent Lamps."
... a monarch or royal family.
Of the more specific uses of the term, the most common include:
1. A supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil ...