Word
tudor
Phoneticstu·dor
/ˈtjudɝ/
Definitions
01historical period or dynasty
adj. relating to the English royal family that ruled from 1485 to 1603, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
adj. pertaining to the English royal house of Welsh origin, or the historical period spanning the reigns of Henry VII through Elizabeth I.
“The teacher showed us a portrait of a famous Tudor queen.”
“The Tudor dynasty oversaw a period of significant religious and political upheaval that fundamentally reshaped the English state.”
02architecture
adj. a style of building from the 1500s, often with white walls and dark wooden beams on the outside.
adj. relating to an architectural style characterized by half-timbering, gables, and leaded glass windows, typical of 16th-century England.
“They live in a beautiful Tudor house with old wooden beams.”
“The village is famous for its well-preserved Tudor architecture, featuring the iconic black-and-white timber frames of the late medieval period.”
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03a person from that era
n. a person who lived in England during the time of the Tudor kings and queens.
n. a person living during the Tudor period of English history.
“The museum exhibit shows what daily life was like for a typical Tudor.”
“Historians study the diets of ordinary Tudors to understand the social stratification of the sixteenth century.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh Tudur (“Theodoric”), from Proto-Celtic *Toutorīxs, later adopted as the surname of a British royal family. Piecewise doublet of Theodoric, Theoderic, Terry, and Derek.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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