Lancastrian

American  

[lang-kas-tree-uhn] / læŋˈkæs tri ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the royal family of Lancaster.

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noun

1. an adherent or member of the house of Lancaster, especially in the Wars of the Roses.

2. a native or resident of Lancashire or Lancaster.

Lancastrian British  

/ læŋˈkæstrɪən /

noun

1. a native or resident of Lancashire or Lancaster

2. an adherent of the house of Lancaster in the Wars of the Roses Compare Yorkist

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adjective

1. of or relating to Lancashire or Lancaster

2. of or relating to the house of Lancaster

Etymology

Origin of Lancastrian

First recorded in 1800–10; Lancast(e)r + -ian

Example Sentences

Standing pitchside at a muddy Lancastrian playing field is a football fan excitedly applying the finishing touches to an enormous, time-worn scrapbook.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Europe's largest indoor arena – with a capacity of 23,500 - was around a third full as a boisterous crowd repeatedly chanted 'Chorley' to welcome Lancastrian Catterall to the ring.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

The Tudor era begins with the conclusion of the Wars of the Roses, when the Lancastrian Henry Tudor marries Elizabeth of York and at last ends England’s decades-long civil war.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2022

But the double-act proved so popular – returning a dozen times in the 1960s – that Sullivan was soon saying the word as naturally as a Lancastrian.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2018

On the defeat of the Lancastrian party he made his submission to Edward IV., from whom he received a general pardon dated Westminster, October 13, 1471.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various