Lancastrian

[lang-kas-tree-uh n]

adjective

of or relating to the royal family of Lancaster.

noun

an adherent or member of the house of Lancaster, especially in the Wars of the Roses.

a native or resident of Lancashire or Lancaster.

Origin of Lancastrian

First recorded in 1800–10; Lancast(e)r + -ian

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Examples from the Web for lancastrian

Historical Examples of lancastrian

His father had been one of the founders of the Lancastrian School.
A Portrait of Old George Town
Grace Dunlop Ecker
He is young yet, but how different the youth of Lancastrian Edward!
The Last Of The Barons, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The leaders of the Lancastrian party used the same precaution.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B.
David Hume
This strictly Lancastrian provincialism is supposed to be a corruption of “choose how.”
It Might Have Been
Emily Sarah Holt
The battle of Barnet had not, in reality, greatly weakened the Lancastrian cause.
A Knight of the White Cross
G.A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for lancastrian

Lancastrian

noun

a native or resident of Lancashire or Lancaster

an adherent of the house of Lancaster in the Wars of the RosesCompare Yorkist

adjective

of or relating to Lancashire or Lancaster

of or relating to the house of Lancaster

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