Englishry

[ ing-glish-ree or, often, -lish- ]

noun
  1. the fact of being English, especially by birth.

  2. a population that is English or of English descent: the Englishry of Ireland.

Origin of Englishry

1
1250–1300; late Middle English Englisherie<Anglo-French Englescherie, equivalent to Middle English EnglischEnglish + Anglo-French -erie-ery

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British Dictionary definitions for Englishry

Englishry

/ (ˈɪŋɡlɪʃrɪ) /


nounrare
  1. people of English descent, esp in Ireland

  2. the fact or condition of being an Englishman or Englishwoman, esp by birth

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