Tudor

[ too-der, tyoo- ]

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noun

pertaining or belonging to the English royal house of Tudor.
of, relating to, or characteristic of the periods of the reigns of the Tudor sovereigns:
Tudor architecture.

Tudor

/ ˈtjuːdə /

an English royal house descended from a Welsh squire, Owen Tudor (died 1461), and ruling from 1485 to 1603. Monarchs of the Tudor line were Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I

denoting a style of architecture of the late perpendicular period and characterized by half-timbered houses

Her next project, she said, will be a Renaissance-style Tudor dress with a scene from Game of Thrones.

Henry Tudor, who had a weak claim to the throne, became Henry VII, founding the Tudor dynasty.

So in fact, one of the earlier Tudor propagandists got it spot on.

His weak, thin, arms, and lopsided shoulders would have presented exactly the sort of impression that the Tudor writers gave him.

Al-Hilli also owned property in France and Iraq in addition to his comfortable Tudor-style home in Surrey.

It is a fine Tudor mansion and has been little altered since the boyhood of the great warrior.

It is difficult to estimate the effect which the Tudor policy had upon the landholding of England.

But let us, before we pass to the other matters, look at the company that watched Mr. Tudor Williams eat.

He watched Mr. Tudor Williams's plate, and with his thumb made signs for his daughter to replenish it.

Mr. Tudor Williams asked, gently yet absent-mindedly patting big John Pritchard's back as he stooped to cough.

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