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Hannoverian
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English
Etymology
From en Hannover ian.
Adjective
en Hanoverian.
28 June 1968 World: Brotchen from Heaven https://web.archive.org/web/20250323015354/https://time.com/archive/6635405/world-brotchen-from-heaven/ To remedy the West’s plight, and despite East and West Germans’ conflicts over Berlin, Hannoverian Businessman Hans-Joachim Ermeler, 45, reached across the Iron Curtain and asked East Berlin’s Trade Commission if it would be interested in shipping 60,000 fresh Brötchen over the border each morning.
1 May 2010 Scott Horton Cicero – The Duties of Government Officials https://web.archive.org/web/20210419102423/https://harpers.org/2010/05/cicero-the-duties-of-government-officials/ When America’s Founding Fathers had won their revolution, they were presented with a challenge. What oath should be sworn? As British subjects they were used to swearing an oath of personal fealty to the Hannoverian monarch.
20 June 2014 Nick Miller England out of World Cup 2014 – reaction as it happened https://web.archive.org/web/20140622003459/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/20/england-out-of-world-cup-2014-latest-reaction "Isn't the English national team an anachronism?" asks Ulrich Steckelberg. "With one national team for the entire UK - Britain would be a top competitor for years to come. The Germans don't go to the World Cup with a Bavarian or a Hannoverian team - and they've only been united since 1871 and not since 1707."
12 June 2015 John Lichfield Waterloo 200-year anniversary: The myths of the battle that changed history. Or maybe not... https://web.archive.org/web/20150613150712/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/waterloo-200year-anniversary-the-myths-of-the-battle-that-changed-history-or-maybe-not-10317108.html Of the 12 cavalry brigades, seven were British and many of their regiments were German. Half the 29 batteries of guns were Hannoverian, Dutch or Belgian.
Noun
en Hanoverian.
28 July 1998 Keiko Morris High-Stepping Hopes -- Young Riders, Ranked Tops For Their Age, Learning To Perfect The Precise Art Of Classical Dressage From Woodinville Equestrian https://web.archive.org/web/20251103063400/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19980728/2763418/high-stepping-hopes----young-riders-ranked-tops-for-their-age-learning-to-perfect-the-precise-art-of-classical-dressage-from-woodinville-equestrian The stable has become his second home, he says, with Christenson as his role model and Staatsmann, his 17-hand Hannoverian, almost like a brother.
26 June 2013 w:Richard Norton-Taylor Osborne offers donation for restoration of Battle of Waterloo site https://web.archive.org/web/20141228211232/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/jun/26/osborne-waterloo-donation-restoration-anniversary The official continued: "Also, this was not just about Britain and France. Wellington's forces included Belgians, Dutch and Hannoverians. Blucher's Prussians played a decisive role at the end of the battle."
12 June 2015 John Lichfield Waterloo 200-year anniversary: The myths of the battle that changed history. Or maybe not... https://web.archive.org/web/20150613150712/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/waterloo-200year-anniversary-the-myths-of-the-battle-that-changed-history-or-maybe-not-10317108.html More than half of Wellington’s own force consisted of Hannoverians, Saxons, Dutch and Belgians.