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Tudor

Syllables: Tu·dor/ˈtjuːdəː/

Tudor noun: a monarch of the English royal family during the sixteenth century, specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne.

Noun

Tudor (plural Tudors)

  1. A monarch of the English royal family during the sixteenth century, specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne.
  2. Anyone who lived in the Tudor era of England.
    • The Tudors ate far more meat than we do today, and the king ate more than most.2016 May 19, Tracy Borman, The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty, Hachette UK, →ISBN
    • The Tudors mostly made theirs with whatever homegrown vegetables they could grow themselves, from lettuces and cucumbers, to onions and even plant and flower seeds.2023 September 30, Bethan Watts, Inside the Tudor Home: Daily Life in the Sixteenth Century, Pen and Sword History, →ISBN, page 79
  3. (uncountable) A style of dress popular in Britain during the sixteenth century.

Adjective

Tudor (comparative more Tudor, superlative most Tudor)

  1. Pertaining to the English monarchs of the sixteenth century.
  2. Pertaining to the period of English history ruled by King Henry VII, Henry VIII and the children of Henry VIII.
  3. In the style of English buildings of the sixteenth century; using exposed wooden beams on the exterior.
    • A massive Tudor estate with a circular driveway, it looked more like an English finishing school than a home.2015, Paul Beatty, The Sellout, Oneworld Publications (2016), page 247

Forms of Tudor

Noun
pluralTudors
Adjective
comparativemore Tudor
superlativemost Tudor

Origin of Tudor

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.

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Questions about Tudor

What does Tudor mean?
Tudor means a monarch of the English royal family during the sixteenth century, specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne.
What part of speech is Tudor?
Tudor can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Tudor?
Tudor is pronounced /ˈtjuːdəː/.
What is the plural of Tudor?
The plural of Tudor is Tudors.

Words near Tudor in the dictionary

  1. tuditanids
  2. tuditanomorph
  3. tuditanomorphs
  4. tudong
  5. tudongs
  6. Tudor
  7. Tudor arch
  8. Tudor arches
  9. Tudor bonnet
  10. Tudor bonnets
  11. Tudor flower

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tudor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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