Englishry

//ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article). historical, plural, plural-only

    "a general massacre of the Englishry"

  2. 2
    Englishness. uncountable

    "Blue-eyed women he believed there were in Kashmir, but here was the mythical Englishry of fair hair as well."

  3. 3
    The state or privilege of being an Englishman. historical, uncountable
  4. 4
    In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law. countable, historical

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"a general massacre of the Englishry"

Etymology

From English + -ry, in legal senses after Anglo-Norman englescherie, englecherie. Compare Late Latin Anglescheria, Englescheria (“the state of being English”).

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