单词 | lancastrian |
释义 | Lancastrianadj.n. A. adj. Pertaining to the English royal family which based its title on its descent from John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster (died 1399), or to the party (whose emblem was the Red Rose) that supported this family in the Wars of the Roses. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [adjective] > of or supporting House of York or Lancaster Yorkish1548 Yorkshire1643 York1759 Yorkist1823 Lancastrian1828 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 380 For his good service, in the destruction of the Lancastrian faction. 1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 643 The deaths of the Lancastrian Princes did not..open to him a near propsect of the crown. B. n. 1. An adherent of the house of Lancaster; one of the Lancastrian faction in the Wars of the Roses. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > adherent of House of York or Lancaster Yorkist1601 Lancastrist1654 Lancastrian1838 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 129/1 Henry VI was after his death revered as a martyr by the Lancastrians. 2. A native of Lancashire. ΚΠ 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxiii. 627 The difference between a Yorkshireman and a Lancastrian. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > adherent of House of York or Lancaster Yorkist1601 Lancastrist1654 Lancastrian1838 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. iv. 66 Yorkists and Lancastrists on English land Darraind twelv cruel conflicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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