Hanoverian
['hænəu'viəriən]
Definition
(noun.) a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover.
(noun.) any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover.
(adj.) of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters .
Editor: Lora--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
(n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
Typist: Sean
Definition
adj. pertaining to Hanover as of the brown rat and the dynasty that came to the throne of England in 1714.—n. a supporter of the house of Hanover as opposed to a Jacobite.
Inputed by Elliot
Examples
- In Britain, England carried on her back the Hanoverian dominions in Germany, Scotland, the profoundly alien Welsh and the hostile and Catholic Irish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the Hanoverian Dynasty England became--as the _Times_ recently styled her--a crowned republic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had lost just as much himself to Blackstone of the Hussars, and Count Punter of the Hanoverian Cavalry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Penelope