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Angevin
[ an-juh-vin ]
adjective
- of or relating to Anjou or its inhabitants.
- relating to the counts of Anjou or their descendants, especially those who ruled in England, or to the period during which they ruled.
noun
- an inhabitant of Anjou.
- a member of an Angevin royal house, especially that of the Plantagenets in England.
Angevin
/ ˈændʒɪvɪn /
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Anjou
- history a member of the Plantagenet royal line descended from Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, esp one of the kings of England from Henry II to John (1154–1216)
adjective
- of or relating to Anjou or its inhabitants
- of or relating to the Plantagenet kings of England between 1154 and 1216
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Angevin1
from French, from medieval Latin Andegavinus , from Andegavum , Angers capital of Anjou
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Example Sentences
He passed the night banqueting with the duke and the Angevin gentlemen, then in dancing with the Angevin ladies.
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Justin had written to him, and then had been incidentally renforced by the assistance of Mr. Angevin L. Cater.
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Fulk himself died in 1142, but he left sons who succeeded him, so that the Angevin rule in the East did not end with his death.
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Is it not, as we have shown in the discussion of the Angevin allusions, distinctly against such a conclusion?
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In England royal power was strong; the size of the Angevin empire was vast, and the succession assured.
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