Plantagenet
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Plantagenet
C12: from Old French, literally: sprig of broom, with reference to the crest of the Angevin kings, from Latin planta sprig + genista broom
Example Sentences
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After the 1152 marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry Plantagenet, the Duke of Normandy and future King Henry II, Bordeaux wine began to flow north to England.
From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024
The other city centre road closures will be between 12:45 and 20:45 and include parts of Kingsway, Cowbridge Road East, Tudor Street, Plantagenet Street and Beauchamp Street.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024
The idea of an “all-female, gender-fluid, disability forward” staging of “Richard III” — as New York Classical Theater describes its new production of Shakespeare’s tragedy about the monstrously degenerate Plantagenet king — tantalizes.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023
The cathedral is now home to the tomb of Richard III, England’s last Plantagenet king and the last English monarch to have died in battle.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023
Plantagenet has found these pre-WPA years inimical to his artistic inclinations.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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