单词 | yorkist |
释义 | Yorkistn.adj. 1. a. An adherent of the house of York, the English royal family which based its title on its descent from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and Edmund, Duke of York (died 1402), the third and the fifth sons of Edw. III; or one of the party (whose emblem was the White Rose) which supported this family in the Wars of the Roses. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > adherent of House of York or Lancaster Yorkist1601 Lancastrist1654 Lancastrian1838 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Cv Then high-resolued Hotspur,..Join'd with the Yorkists, made a mutinie. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 84 From whence Richard Beauchamp Bishop of Salisbury, is sent to offer the Yorkists a full and generall Pardon. 1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) I. xii. 583/1 The King having advanced with design to give Battle, the Yorkists sent him a very submissive Letter. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein III. i. 28 Offering with large sums of money to purchase England to the Yorkists. 1856 D. M. Mulock John Halifax I. v. 106 The Vineyards had been a battle-field; and under the long wavy grass..slept many a Yorkist and Lancastrian. b. attributive or as adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [adjective] > of or supporting House of York or Lancaster Yorkish1548 Yorkshire1643 York1759 Yorkist1823 Lancastrian1828 1823 S. Turner Mod. Hist. Eng. III. ii. 321 The Christmas of 1469, seemed to have ended all hostilities between these two Yorkist parties. 1861 Sat. Rev. 7 Dec. 586 The Yorkist poems are numerous. There is one on the reconciliation of Henry and Duke Richard. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xx. 339 The Yorkist Collar is formed of suns and roses. 2. A supporter of James, Duke of York (c1680), in his claim to succeed to the crown on the death of his brother, Charles II. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > a Tory or conservative > as opposing Exclusion Bill Tory1678 anti-Birmingham1681 Yorkist1681 1681 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 124 The former [party] are called by the latter, tories, tantivies, Yorkists, high-flown church men, &c. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §9 321 It is easy to imagine how rampant these Procurators of Power, the Exclusioners, were..: Every where insulting and menacing the Loyallists... This Trade..naturally led to a common Use of slighting and opprobrious Words; such as Yorkist. 1858 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 350 The anti-exclusionists were first called Yorkists.] 3. An inhabitant of York: = Yorker n.1 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > other towns Oxonianc1540 Yarmouthian1614 Manchesterian1645 Novocastrian1645 wacker1768 Stratfordian1769 Mancunian1771 docker1791 Yorkist1796 Dicky Sam1820 Brummie1824 Liverpudlian1833 Yarmouth bloater1849 Exonian1871 Grimbarian1886 Cheltonian1887 Plym1913 Hoxtoniana1935 scouse1945 loiner1950 Scouser1959 Wulfrunian1959 Manc1961 pie eater1985 1796 Sporting Mag. 7 55 Once a Cockney and Yorkist maintain'd a dispute, Whether London or York was of oldest repute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1601 |
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