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Lancastrian

Lancastrian \Lancastrian\ prop. a.

  1. Of or pertaining to Lancaster[2]; as, Lancastrian royalty.

  2. Of or pertaining to the city of Lancaster[1]; as, Lancastrian city center.

  3. Of or pertaining to the members of the house of Lancaster; as, Lancastrian members.

  4. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Lancaster; as, the Lancastrian population.

Lancastrian

Lancastrian \Lancastrian\ prop. n.

  1. A member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster.

  2. A resident of Lancaster[1].

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Lancastrian

Lancastrian may refer to:

  • A native or inhabitant of Lancashire, England
  • A partisan on the side of the House of Lancaster in the Wars of the Roses
  • A system of education devised by Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838)
  • The Avro Lancastrian airliner
  • "Old Lancastrian", a former pupil of Lancaster Royal Grammar School, England
  • A person or thing associated with Lancaster University

Usage examples of "lancastrian".

Both these princes were of course Catholics, descended in the Lancastrian line from John of Gaunt, yet another son of Edward III.

Kington, was of very determined character, had large possessions in Radnorshire, and was a decided Lancastrian.

It was not till 1473, two years after Tewkesbury, which had been fought without him, that he attempted a reinvasion of England and a revival of the ruined Lancastrian cause.