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

Everything Saxon was vile, and the word 'Englishry' implied as much contempt and scorn as the word 'Irishry' in a later age.

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A rumour spread over the whole island that, on the ninth of December, there would be a general massacre of the Englishry.

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The fugitive Englishry found in England warm sympathy and munificent relief.

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While there remained any doubt about the issue of the conflict between the Englishry and the Irishry, he had stood aloof.

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But the war cry of the Irishry had scarcely died away when the first faint murmurs of the Englishry began to be heard.

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