Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of the royal family of Hanover.
- adjective Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the kingdom or province of Hanover.
- noun A horse of a breed developed in the Hanover region, formerly used to draw carriages and now bred for riding and competition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or connected with Hanover, formerly an electorate of northern Germany, later a kingdom, and since 1866 a province of Prussia: as, the Hanoverian sovereigns of England.
- noun An inhabitant of Hanover.
- noun In English politics in the first part of the eighteenth century, an adherent of the Hanoverian dynasty, as opposed to a Jacobite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or from
Hanover . - adjective Of or from the House of Hanover.
- noun Someone of or from
Hanover . - noun Someone from the House of Hanover.
- noun A
supporter of the House of Hanover.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover
- adjective of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters
- noun any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover
Etymologies
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Examples
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[1] A misprint on p. 50 might lead the reader to believe that C.F. von Wangenheim was (still) a Prussian officer, but in all other instances he is correctly referred to as a Hanoverian agent.
The Goethe Case Wilson, W. Daniel 2000
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The increasing vagueness of his promises to the Jacobites seems to show that, as time went on, he became convinced that the Hanoverian was the winning cause.
Daniel Defoe Minto, William, 1845-1893 1879
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The increasing vagueness of his promises to the Jacobites seems to show that, as time went on, he became convinced that the Hanoverian was the winning cause.
Daniel Defoe William Minto 1869
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A powerful variation of the Pelham, called the Hanoverian, has within the last few years come very much into use.
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The Hanoverian was a pale, fat, bloated young man, whose father had made a large fortune in London, as an army - contractor.
Biographia Literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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The commemorative wines are all named for horses in the Wolffer Stables and this one bears the name of Caya, a 16 - year old Hanoverian Warmblood and a Grand Prix winner.
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James Edward made only a half-hearted attempt to regain the throne after the death of Queen Anne, but "Jacobitism" from James in Latin, Jacobus would haunt the Hanoverian dynasty that succeeded her.
Servants To Masters Allan Mallinson 2011
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At the top was the Hanoverian King George II, who could not speak English and who was surrounded by ministers and courtiers feathering their nests and stabbing each other in the back.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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After that we see Hanoverian mediocrity, followed by Victorian pomp, and Windsor flexibility – changing nationality and name as wars with Germany, their ancestral home, demanded.
Crown & Country by David Starkey - review Charles Spencer 2010
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At the top was the Hanoverian King George II, who could not speak English and who was surrounded by ministers and courtiers feathering their nests and stabbing each other in the back.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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