Englishry

American  

[ing-glish-ree, -lish-] / ˈɪŋ glɪʃ ri, -lɪʃ- /

noun

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

2. a population that is English or of English descent.

   the Englishry of Ireland.

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Englishry British  

/ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃrɪ /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of Englishry

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

Example Sentences

It had been the country of trial by ordeal with red-hot irons, of the Law of Englishry, and of the sad, wordless song of Morfa-Rhuddlan.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The Englishry remained victorious, and it was necessary for Pitt, as it had been necessary for Oliver Cromwell and William of Orange before him, to consider how the victory should be used.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

He was Master of the Ordnance in that kingdom, and was colonel of a regiment in which an uncommonly large proportion of the Englishry had been suffered to remain.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

For example, at the Villa Ludovisi there was, beside numerous Englishry in detached bodies, a troop of Germans, chiefly young men, frugally pursuing the Sehenswürdigkeiten in the social manner of their nation.

From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean

The young enthusiast's guileless arrangements for driving the Englishry into the sea were ridiculous, no doubt.

From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis