House of York
- proper noun
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Casa de York
- And the House of York had always used the symbol of the white rose and we see it all the time in Yorkist iconography.
Examples
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The house of Lancaster had on occasion used a red rose symbol and Henry very cleverly actually, noted these two symbols and created the Tudor rose, which is a red and white rose and which symbolized the union of the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
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Richard III was the last king of the House of York, ruling England until his defeat in 1485.
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A key part of establishing the Tudor dynasty on the throne is Henry's marriage to Elizabeth, the heiress to the House of York in a union which unites the two warring families as one.
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The House of York was known for its emblem, the white rose, which represented their royal lineage.
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Following the Wars of the Roses, the House of York played a crucial role in shaping English history.
Synonyms
A royal family branch that ruled England from 1461 to 1485, symbolized by a white rose
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'house' (a family line or dynasty) + 'of' + 'York' (a place/name) yields 'the dynasty or family from York.' The 'House of X' naming pattern for royal or noble dynasties is a standard, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
House of York comes from a royal family tied to the city of York; House meant a family and York showed where they came from. They used a 'white rose' as a badge in the 'Wars of the Roses', so today the phrase means that royal family who ruled England in the 1400s.
