Meaning & use
Tudor
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Belonging to the period of English history from 1485 to 1603, when the Tudor family ruled.
Grammar: Always capitalized and placed before a noun: Tudor England.
Tudor England saw great changes in religion.
The museum has a collection of Tudor coins.
She wrote her thesis on Tudor politics.
adjectivebefore a noun
In a style of building with dark timber frames and white plaster walls, or a revival of that style.
Grammar: Describes houses and architecture: a Tudor cottage.
They live in a Tudor house with exposed beams.
The street has several Tudor cottages.
proper nounproper
The royal family that ruled England and Wales from 1485 to 1603, including Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Grammar: Usually the Tudors, as a plural family name.
Patterns
- the Tudors
The Tudors replaced the Plantagenets on the throne.
Elizabeth I was the last of the Tudors.
Common combinations
- Tudor England
- Life in Tudor England was hard for the poor.
- Tudor house
- The village has a lovely Tudor house.
- Tudor period
- The Tudor period began in 1485.
- Tudor rose
- The Tudor rose is a red and white emblem.
- Tudor dynasty
- Henry VII founded the Tudor dynasty.
Word family
- Elizabethan adjective
- relating to the time of Elizabeth I, part of the Tudor era
Commonly confused: Tudor or Stuart?
Tudor vs Stuart
The Stuarts followed the Tudors on the throne from 1603.
Practice
Henry VIII belonged to the ___ dynasty.
Choose one answer.
Henry VIII was a Tudor king. The Stuarts ruled after 1603.
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