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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Kinloch Castle was built between 1897 and 1900 as a hunting lodge for Lancastrian industrialist George Bullough, who had it luxuriously furnished.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
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
He’s a Lancastrian and I’m a Yorkshireman; we are a year apart and grew up on opposite sides of the Pennines.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2019
All the estates of the Lancastrian lords, living or dead, were confiscated, and their blood was declared corrupted.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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