Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An adherent of the house of York, or a supporter of their claims to the crown, especially in the Wars of the Roses.
- In English history, pertaining to the dukes or the royal house of York.
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Examples
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Note 9: B. Harris, "Property, Power and Personal Relations: Elite Mothers and Sons in Yorkist and Early Tudor England," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (1990), 15/3, p. 611 back
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"Property, Power, and Personal Relations: Elite Mothers and Sons in Yorkist and Early Tudor England."
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Harlech Wales was built in the late 13th century but used as a last-ditch stronghold by rival Lancastrian and Yorkist factions during the Wars of the Roses nearly 200 years later.
The House Impregnable Stephen Brumwell 2011
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His father, Sir Henry, held political office under Henry VII, a reward for his steadfast support in pre-Tudor years – the family crest proudly featured a "barnacle", an instrument of torture allegedly used on him in the dark days of the Yorkist monarchy.
The Many Lives of Thomas Wyatt by Nicola Shulman - review 2011
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William Herbert, a fierce Yorkist partisan, thinks to make Wales his own while there is a sleeping king, and no one to call him to account.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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His correspondent cannot know my husband very well if he thinks he is a Yorkist.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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Gregory devotees will note the difference between the supernaturally gifted Yorkist White Queen and Lancastrian Margaret, who, despite saintly aspirations, grows worldly through three marriages; a powerless widow at 13, remarried and separated from her only son by 15, it is not until she's 29 that Margaret is ready to realize her most audacious ambitions.
Archive 2010-07-01 2010
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“There is not a Yorkist left in Wales who could raise enough troops to take Pembroke village, let alone my castle,” Jasper assures us.
The Red Queen Philippa Gregory 2010
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Gregory devotees will note the difference between the supernaturally gifted Yorkist White Queen and Lancastrian Margaret, who, despite saintly aspirations, grows worldly through three marriages; a powerless widow at 13, remarried and separated from her only son by 15, it is not until she's 29 that Margaret is ready to realize her most audacious ambitions.
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His queen, Elizabeth of York, was the Yorkist heir to the throne, being the eldest surviving child of her father Edward IV.
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