Yorkist

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Etymology

From York +‎ -ist.

Noun

Yorkist (plural Yorkists)

  1. (historical) A supporter of the House of York.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 286:
      But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates.

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