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US
/ˌhænoʊˈvɪɹiən/
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NOUN
- any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover
- a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to the former English royal House of Hanover or their supporters
How To Use Hanoverian In A Sentence
- Hanoverian artillery cut the Jacobite troops to pieces, and Culloden was a slaughter.
- Martin's hilarious account of Boswell's attempting to impress the King of Prussia by wearing a fetching Scottish bonnet is matched, deliciously, by Sisman's description of Boswell's announcing his connection to the Scottish royal line to the Hanoverian George III, who was distinctly unamused. Bozzy's Life
- As archbishop, he was close to William III and crowned Anne and George I, but, as a leading advocate of the Hanoverian succession, he was isolated by extreme Tories.
- The attribution of the phrase "the Industrial Revolution" to the reigns of the two last Hanoverian Georges was the outcome of deliberate attempts to melodramatize economic history in order to fit it into the Procrustean Marxian schemes. The Austrian Economists:
- At the top was the Hanoverian King George II, who could not speak English and who was surrounded by ministers and courtiers feathering their nests and stabbing each other in the back. George Washington’s First War
- The commemorative wines are all named for horses in the Wolffer Stables and this one bears the name of Caya, a 16 - year old Hanoverian Warmblood and a Grand Prix winner. The New York Cork Report:
- A powerful variation of the Pelham, called the Hanoverian, has within the last few years come very much into use. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid
- James Edward made only a half-hearted attempt to regain the throne after the death of Queen Anne, but "Jacobitism" from James in Latin, Jacobus would haunt the Hanoverian dynasty that succeeded her. Servants To Masters
- There they garrisoned the ancient fortress of Eilean Donan but were scattered by the energetic response of the local Hanoverian commander at the battle of Glen Shiel.
- Sophia's son ascended the British throne as George I, the first of the Hanoverian kings.