Englishry

[ ing-glish-reeor, often, -lish- ]

noun

1. the fact of being English, especially by birth.
2. a population that is English or of English descent:

   the Englishry of Ireland.

Englishry

/ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃrɪ /

noun

1. people of English descent, esp in Ireland
2. the fact or condition of being an Englishman or Englishwoman, esp by birth

Word History and Origins

Origin of Englishry¹

1250–1300; late Middle English Englisherie < Anglo-French Englescherie, equivalent to Middle English Englisch English + Anglo-French -erie -ery

Example Sentences

It had been the country of trial by ordeal with red-hot irons, of the Law of Englishry, and of the sad, wordless song of Morfa-Rhuddlan.

From Literature

Arrogant Protestant Englishry found new vigour in the reign of Elizabeth I, its triumphalism expressed in everything from the defeat of the Spanish Armada to hanging and drawing Catholic priests as traitors at Tyburn, to trampling the Irish.

From The Guardian

I can hardly expect your lordship to join in my indignation, for you are a member of the Protestant Englishry, and as such look with contempt on such as we.

From Project Gutenberg

As regards us Englishry, the inferiority of our numbers is more than compensated by commanding vigour and organisation.

From Project Gutenberg

Then they were wretches who should repent their act, for she had friends--powerful friends among the Englishry--who would avenge the outrage.

From Project Gutenberg