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LANCASTRIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A resident of Lancaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Lancastrian" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Holonyms ("Lancastrian" is a member of...):

Lancaster (a city in northwestern England)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Lancastrian" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Holonyms ("Lancastrian" is a member of...):

House of Lancaster; Lancaster; Lancastrian line (the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents

Example:

Lancastrian city center

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Lancaster (a city in northwestern England)

Derivation:

Lancaster (a city in northwestern England)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters

Example:

Lancastrian royalty

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Lancaster (the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose)

Derivation:

Lancaster (the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose)

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