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 Lancastrian also played 194 one-day internationals and 19 T20s for England but has focused solely on Test cricket since 2015 and has become a great of the game.
From BBC • May 10, 2024
Kinloch Castle was built between 1897 and 1900 as a hunting lodge for Lancastrian industrialist George Bullough and he had it luxuriously furnished.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2023
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
Maggie has keen, twinkly eyes, a Lancastrian accent and an excellent smoker’s chuckle.
From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2017
On the defeat of the Lancastrian party he made his submission to Edward IV., from whom he received a general pardon dated Westminster, October 13, 1471.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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