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–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to Anjou or its inhabitants.

2.	relating to the counts of Anjou or their descendants, esp. those who ruled in England, or to the period during which they ruled.

–noun

3.	an inhabitant of Anjou.

4.	a member of an Angevin royal house, esp. that of the Plantagenets in England.

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adj.

Relating to the historical region and former province of Anjou, France.
Relating to the House of Anjou, especially as represented by the Plantagenet kings of England descended from Geoffrey, Count of Anjou (died 1151).

[French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin Andegavīnus, from Andegavia, Anjou, France.]

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Angevin

1653, "of or pertaining to the Fr. province of Anjou," from Fr. Angevin, from M.L. Andegavinus, from Andegavum "Anger," city in France, capital of Anjou (L. Andegavia). In Eng. history, of the Plantagenet kings (beginning with Henry II) who were descended from Geoffrey, count of Anjou, and Matilda, daughter of Henry I.

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