Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Lancastrian

(A). An adherent of the Lancastrian line of kings, as opposed to the Yorkists. One of the Lancastrian kings (Henry IV., V., VI.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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