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Webster 1913 Edition
Hanoverian
Hanˊo-ve′ri-an
(hănˊō̍-vē′rĭ-an)
, Adj.
Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England.
Hanˊo-ve′ri-an
,Noun.
A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover.
Definition 2024
Hanoverian
Hanoverian
English
Adjective
Hanoverian (comparative more Hanoverian, superlative most Hanoverian)
- Of or from Hanover.
- Of or from the House of Hanover, a German royal dynasty.
Noun
Hanoverian (plural Hanoverians)
- Someone of or from Hanover.
- Someone from the House of Hanover.
- A supporter of the House of Hanover.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VI, chapter ii
- " […] I had rather be anything than a courtier, and a Presbyterian, and a Hanoverian too, as some people, I believe, are."
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VI, chapter ii