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

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Englishry

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

A nice time this to be bringing the soldiers upon us," he cried, "when, bedad, if the time ever was, we want no trouble with the Englishry!

From The Wild Geese by Weyman, Stanley John

Dundalk, then the principal garrison within the Pale, had all the Englishry of the country assembled in force to defend it, when the Scots proceeded to the attack, 'with banners all displayit.'

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

It was comprised in one word, which, as Clarendon tells us, was often in the mouths of the Englishry of that time.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

It was high time that this object should receive the attention of the Englishry of the province as one of his letters indicates.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell