Englishry
Americannoun
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the fact of being English, especially by birth.
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a population that is English or of English descent.
the Englishry of Ireland.
noun
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people of English descent, esp in Ireland
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the fact or condition of being an Englishman or Englishwoman, esp by birth
Etymology
Origin of Englishry
1250–1300; late Middle English Englisherie < Anglo-French Englescherie, equivalent to Middle English Englisch English + Anglo-French -erie -ery
Example Sentences
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It had been the country of trial by ordeal with red-hot irons, of the Law of Englishry, and of the sad, wordless song of Morfa-Rhuddlan.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
It was comprised in one word, which, as Clarendon tells us, was often in the mouths of the Englishry of that time.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Though four fifths of the population of Ireland were Celtic and Roman Catholic, more than four fifths of the property of Ireland belonged to the Protestant Englishry.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Since Ulster had been reconquered by the Englishry, great multitudes of the Irish inhabitants of that province had migrated southward, and were now leading a vagrant life in Connaught and Munster.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
Dundalk, then the principal garrison within the Pale, had all the Englishry of the country assembled in force to defend it, when the Scots proceeded to the attack, 'with banners all displayit.'
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
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