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| Tu·dor [ tdər ] |
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1. of English royal family or reign: relating to or belonging to the English royal family that ruled between 1485 and 1603, or to this period of English history. The period is spanned by the reigns of Kings Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Edward VI, and Queens Mary I and Elizabeth I.
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2. relating to Tudor architectural style: relating to or being a style of architecture popular throughout the Tudor period characterized by timber frameworks, visible from the outside, filled in with plaster or brick
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noun (plural Tu·dors) |
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member of Tudor family: a member of the Tudor royal family
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| [Mid-18th century. Named after the Welsh squire Owen Tudor (d.1461), father of Henry VII] |
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