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.

Also An·ge·vine

[an-juh-vin, -vahyn] /ˈæn dʒə vɪn, -ˌvaɪn/.

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Historical Examples of angevin

They rode in silence toward the advancing Angevin army of Count Charles.
The Saracen: The Holy War
Robert Shea
In this respect Charles Peace reminds us irresistibly of our Angevin kings.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
H. B. Irving
The Angevin lords announced it to their queens, Yolande and Marie.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)
Anatole France
He had never heard of the Angevin who helped any Angevin but himself.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
Maurice Hewlett
It is only in their own capital indeed that we fully understand our Angevin Kings, that we fully realize that they were Angevins.
Stray Studies from England and Italy
John Richard Greene

British Dictionary definitions for angevin

Angevin

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

Word Origin for Angevin

from French, from medieval Latin Andegavinus, from Andegavum, Angers capital of Anjou

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Word Origin and History for angevin

Angevin

1650s, "pertaining to the French province of Anjou," from French Angevin, from Medieval Latin Andegavinus, from Andegavum "Angers," city in France, capital of Anjou (Latin Andegavia, from Andecavi, Roman name of the Gaulish people who lived here, of unknown origin). In English history, of the Plantagenet kings (beginning with Henry II) who were descended from Geoffrey, count of Anjou, and Matilda, daughter of Henry I.