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  • noun Plural form of Lancastrian.

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Examples

  • We had been brought up to believe that the Lancastrians were our enemies ... and now they were planning to make me one of them.

    The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990

  • We had been brought up to believe that the Lancastrians were our enemies … and now they were planning to make me one of them.

    The Reluctant Queen Plaidy, Jean, 1906-1993- 1990

  • Those who fought on the king's side were called Lancastrians, because

    Famous Men of the Middle Ages Addison B. Poland 1885

  • They were not called the Lancastrians, or the friends of King Henry, -- they were styled then, and still are so, by the old chronicler, "The Lord's Party."

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • But, as is becoming a familiarity when watching the Lancastrians this season, the post-match focus was not on the 22 men on the pitch, but on one man in the dugout, and two men in the stands looking very perturbed indeed.

    Matthew Handley: Are Blackburn Rovers' Owners Headless Chickens? Matthew Handley 2011

  • Or, Margaret a Survivor, losing battles with a York faction, afterwards identical to Saint Joan rallying a hesitant Lancastrians to remove nonetheless an additional conflict as good as get killed a tiny more.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • And so came the end of the Plantagenets proper, and the beginning of the Lancastrians.

    Great dynasties of the world: The Plantagenets 2011

  • Or, Margaret a Survivor, losing battles with a York faction, afterwards identical to Saint Joan rallying a hesitant Lancastrians to remove nonetheless an additional conflict as good as get killed a tiny more.

    Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009

  • Apart from leading a largely anonymous team of mostly locally born young Lancastrians to an historic title, Moores's most satisfying achievement in cricket follows his painful demise as England coach in January 2009.

    Peter Moores: Of course I wonder what might have been with England | Donald McRae 2011

  • But, as is becoming a familiarity when watching the Lancastrians this season, the post-match focus was not on the 22 men on the pitch, but on one man in the dugout, and two men in the stands looking very perturbed indeed.

    Matthew Handley: Are Blackburn Rovers' Owners Headless Chickens? Matthew Handley 2011

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