Tudor
|Tu-dor|
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/ˈtuːdər/
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/ˈtjuːdə/
Welsh personal name meaning 'people/territory'
Etymology
'Tudor' originates from Welsh, specifically the personal name 'Tudur', where the element 'tud' meant 'people' or 'territory'.
'Tudor' changed from medieval Welsh personal names such as 'Tudur' (and earlier Old Welsh forms) into the English surname and dynastic name 'Tudor' used from the late Middle Ages onward.
Initially a Welsh personal name meaning 'people' or 'territory', it later became a family name and then the name applied to the English royal house and the historical period associated with that house.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a member of the Tudor dynasty (the royal house that ruled England from 1485 to 1603).
Henry VIII was one of the most famous Tudors.
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Noun 2
the Tudor dynasty or the period of English history when the Tudors reigned (late 15th to early 17th century).
Many important changes in English religion occurred during the Tudor era.
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Noun 3
a style of architecture and domestic building (Tudor or Tudor Revival), characterized by timber framing, steeply pitched roofs, and decorative half-timbering.
They bought an old Tudor with exposed beams and leaded windows.
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Adjective 1
relating to the Tudors or their time; characteristic of that period (e.g., Tudor politics, Tudor fashions).
Tudor court life was governed by strict ritual and ceremony.
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