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Angevin, a. and n.|ˈændʒɪvɪn|
[a. F. Angevin:—med.L. Andegavin-us, f. Andegavum Angers, capital of Anjou (Andegavia).]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to Anjou, a former province of France, or any sovereign, government, etc., derived thence; spec. in Eng. Hist., belonging to or characteristic of the Plantagenet kings (beginning with Henry II) descended from Geoffrey, count of Anjou, and Matilda, daughter of Henry I; pertaining or relating to their descendants, the period of history which they cover, etc.
B. n. A native of Anjou; an Angevin ruler.
1653T. Urquhart Pantagruel ii. xxvi. 170 One hundred and fifty thousand whores..whereof some are Amazons, some Lionnoises,..Angevines, [etc.]. 1737Mrs. Thomson tr. M. Baudier's Hist. Marg. Anjou 4 Henry..complained of the Angevin's Escape. 1769G. Lyttelton Hist. Hen. II (ed. 3) I. 162 The Angevin family had been long very powerful and illustrious. 1834Penny Cycl. II. 35/1 The Angevin prince invaded Italy with an army of 30,000 men. 1874Green Short Hist. ii. §7. 94 To understand the history of England under its Angevin rulers, we must first know something of the Angevins themselves. 1887K. Norgate Eng. under Angevin Kings I. 3 Those wonderful Angevin counts who..grew into a sovereign house. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 27/2 The Angevin conquest of Sicily. 1924J. S. C. Bridge Hist. France II. 173 Charles had vindicated his Angevin claims. 1935T. S. Eliot Murder in Cath. i. 32 Let the Angevin Destroy himself, fighting in Anjou. |