Tudor
['tju:də]
Definition
(noun.) an English dynasty descended from Henry Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603).
(noun.) a member of the dynasty that ruled England.
(noun.) United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987).
(adj.) of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century; 'half-timbered Tudor houses'; 'Tudor furniture' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth.
Typist: Virginia
Definition
adj. pertaining to the royal line of the Tudors (1485-1603): pertaining to the Tudor style of architecture.—Tudor flower a trefoil ornament frequent in Tudor architecture; Tudor rose the conventional five-lobed flower adopted as a badge by Henry VII.; Tudor style (archit.) a rather indefinite term applied to the Late Perpendicular and the transition from that to Elizabethan—it is characterised by a flat arch shallow mouldings and a profusion of panelling on the walls.
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Examples
- Why do you always avoid Mr. Tudor? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- During the Tudor and Stuart reigns a fashionable gift at christenings was the apostle, so called because at the end of the handle was the figure of an apostle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And if you have a Tudor house and old, beautiful furniture, it is only the past perpetuated on top of you, horrible. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We will not follow the fluctuations of the power and prestige of the English Parliament through the time of the Tudor monarchs (_i. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I suppose he'll laugh and joke over it with Laurie, but I shan't see them, that's a comfort, thought Amy, as Tudor bowed and departed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- No, it wouldn't, returned Jo, I neither like, respect, nor admire Tudor, though his grandfather's uncle's nephew's niece was a third cousin to a lord. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I don't mind saying that I don't approve of Tudor any more than you do, but I'm not called upon to tell him so. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then the all conquering Tudor had danced four times with Amy at a late party and only once with May--that was thorn number two. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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