noun
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a native or resident of Lancashire or Lancaster
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an adherent of the house of Lancaster in the Wars of the Roses Compare Yorkist
adjective
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of or relating to Lancashire or Lancaster
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of or relating to the house of Lancaster
Etymology
Origin of Lancastrian
First recorded in 1800–10; Lancast(e)r + -ian
Example Sentences
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The Tudor era begins with the conclusion of the Wars of the Roses, when the Lancastrian Henry Tudor marries Elizabeth of York and at last ends England’s decades-long civil war.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
Very occasionally, Wainwright, in hushed Lancastrian tones, would unexpectedly talk for half an hour without interruption.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2021
Kinloch Castle was built in 1897 as a hunting lodge for Lancastrian industrialist George Bullough and he had it luxuriously furnished.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2021
But the double-act proved so popular – returning a dozen times in the 1960s – that Sullivan was soon saying the word as naturally as a Lancastrian.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2018
After Towton peace prevailed south of the Tyne and east of the Severn, for it was only in Northumberland and in Wales that the survivors of the Lancastrian faction succeeded in keeping the war alive.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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