Lancastrian

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adjective (1)

Lan·cas·tri·an lan-ˈka-strē-ən

laŋ-

: of or relating to the English royal house that ruled from 1399 to 1461

Lancastrian

2 of 2

adjective (2)

Lan·cas·tri·an laŋ-ˈka-strē-ən

lan-

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Lancaster

Lancastrian noun

plural Lancastrians

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The first and most romantic show in the trilogy, The White Queen, casts Rebecca Ferguson as Elizabeth Woodville, the young Lancastrian widow who wins the heart of the Yorkist monarch Edward IV. —