Englishry

English Etymology From en English ry, in legal senses after en xno - fro englescherie, fro englecherie. Compare la-lat Anglescheria, la Englescheria the state of being English. Pronunciation en /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/ UK en /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃɹi/ US en Eng lish ry Noun p en now historical Those people living in Ireland or in Wales who are of English descent (chiefly with definite article). from 15th c. en Irishry 12 a general massacre of the Englishry Noun ~ en uncountable Englishness. from 19th c. en 1956 1972 w:Anthony Burgess Time for a Tiger The Malayan Trilogy 50 Blue-eyed women he believed there were in Kashmir, but here was the mythical Englishry of fair hair as well. en 1969 w:Doris Lessing The Four-Gated City Flamingo 1993 635 It is these people who, taking with them so much furniture and Englishry of all kinds have set up everywhere communities with names like ‘Little England’, ‘Newest England’, ‘England Again’ which are more English than England ever was. en https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/09/an-icon-of-englishry/667776/ An Icon of Englishry 1993-09-01 Geoffrey Wheatcroft The Atlantic Yes, [Philip] Larkin was an icon of Englishry, and a fine specimen of its complexes and neuroses: not only arrogant and xenophobic hut also inward-looking, frightened, and depressive. https://web.archive.org/web/20221209134056/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/09/an-icon-of-englishry/667776/ 9 December 2022 en uncountable legal now historical The state or privilege of being an Englishman. from 17th c. en countable historical In medieval Britain, the part of a lordship or other domain inhabited by English people and governed according to English law. en Welshry Irishry Derived terms en presentment of Englishry