Black death

severe epidemic of the bubonic plague that broke out in the middle ages and killed nearly half the population of Europe

This article concerns the mid fourteenth century pandemic. For other outbreaks and a microbiological perspective, see Bubonic plague. The Black Death, or The Black Plague, was one of the most deadly pandemics in human history. It began in South-western or Central Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 75 million people; there were an estimated 10 million deaths in Europe alone. The Black Death is estimated to have killed one fifth of Europe's population.
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Black Death n. A form of bubonic plague, caused by Yersinia pestis, that was pandemic throughout Europe and much of Asia in the 14th century. [more]Black Death - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe
(synonym) black plague
(hypernym) bubonic plague

A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.