Plantagenet
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English
Etymology
Originally a sobriquet of Geoffrey of Anjou (1113-1151), founder of the line, who was said to have worn a yellow broom blossom in his hat, Old French plante genest (French plante genêt), from Latin planta genista (“sprig of broom”), whence Medieval Latin Plantagenistae; subsequently adopted as a surname.
Pronunciation
- enPR: plăn-tăj′ə-nĭt, plăn-tăj′nət, IPA(key): /plænˈtædʒ.ə.nɪt/, /plænˈtædʒ.(ə.)nət/
- (UK) IPA(key): /plænˈtædʒ.ɪ.nɪt/, /planˈtadʒ.(ə.)nət/
Noun
Plantagenet (plural Plantagenets)
- (historical) A member of the dynasty which held the English throne from 1154 to 1485.
- 1902, Charles Robert Ashbee, Masque of the Edwards of England, page 7:
- […] all the fine intelligence of all the Plantagenets, […]
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 23:
- The last surviving Plantagenet prince descended in the male line, Edward earl of Warwick was a touchstone for Yorkist affections […] and Lincoln understood the galvanizing effect of Warwick's presence at the head of any uprising.
Proper noun
Plantagenet
- A community of Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.
- The Shire of Plantagenet, a local government area in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Plantagenet”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “Plantagenet”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Plantagenet”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “Plantagenet”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Plantagenet”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Plantagenet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Plantagenet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.