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Yorkist

Yorkist noun: a supporter of the House of York.

Noun

Yorkist (plural Yorkists)

  1. (historical) A supporter of the House of York.
    • But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 286

Yorkist meaning in Tamil

Yorkist in Tamil

இங்கிலாந்தின் ரோசாமலர்ச் சண்டையில், வெள்ளை ரோசாச் சின்ன மேற்கொண்ட, யார்க் கோமகன் ரிச்சர்ட் கட்சியினர்

Forms of Yorkist

pluralYorkists

Origin of Yorkist

From York + -ist.

Questions about Yorkist

What does Yorkist mean?
Yorkist means a supporter of the House of York.
What is Yorkist in Tamil?
Yorkist in Tamil is இங்கிலாந்தின் ரோசாமலர்ச் சண்டையில், வெள்ளை ரோசாச் சின்ன மேற்கொண்ட, யார்க் கோமகன் ரிச்சர்ட் கட்சியினர். See Yorkist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Yorkist?
Yorkist is a noun.
What is the plural of Yorkist?
The plural of Yorkist is Yorkists.

Words near Yorkist in the dictionary

  1. Yorkinos
  2. yorkipoo
  3. yorkipoos
  4. Yorkish
  5. Yorkism
  6. Yorkist
  7. Yorkists
  8. Yorklea
  9. yorks
  10. Yorkshire
  11. Yorkshire assimilation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Yorkist (page history and authors); yorkist (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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