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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Until the mid-19th century, Liverpudlians were described as speaking similarly to their Lancastrian neighbours, until different accents and dialects began mixing as the docks area grew.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
In 2016, Michael Bisping became the UFC's middleweight champion, after refusing to be denied time and again, in a never say die narrative which had turned the Lancastrian into a folk hero.
From BBC ● May 10, 2022
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
There are traces of a want of public interest in its proceedings, very different from the anxiety with which they used to be followed in Plantagenet and Lancastrian times.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
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