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Englishry

Syllables: Eng·lish·ryUK/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/US/ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/

Englishry noun: those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article).

Noun (1)

Englishry pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article).
    • a general massacre of the Englishry1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...

Noun (2)

Englishry (countable and uncountable, plural Englishries)

  1. (uncountable) Englishness.
    • Blue-eyed women he believed there were in Kashmir, but here was the mythical Englishry of fair hair as well.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 50
    • It is these people who, taking with them so much furniture and Englishry of all kinds have set up everywhere communities with names like ‘Little England’, ‘Newest England’, ‘England Again’ which are more English than England ever was.1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Flamingo 1993 edition, page 635
  2. (historical, uncountable) The state or privilege of being an Englishman.
  3. (countable, historical) In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law.

Forms of Englishry

pluralEnglishries

Origin of Englishry

From English + -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”).

Words formed from Englishry

Phrases with Englishry

Questions about Englishry

What does Englishry mean?
Englishry means those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article).
What part of speech is Englishry?
Englishry is a noun.
How do you pronounce Englishry?
Englishry is pronounced /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of Englishry?
The plural of Englishry is Englishries.

Words near Englishry in the dictionary

  1. Englishnesses
  2. Englishpeople
  3. Englishperson
  4. Englishpersons
  5. Englishries
  6. Englishry
  7. Englishtown
  8. Englishwoman
  9. Englishwomen
  10. Englishy
  11. englitazone

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