tudor

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Tu=dor

CIDE DICTIONARY

tudor, a. 

 Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth.  [1913 Webster]

Tudor style (Arch.), the latest development of Gothic architecture in England, under the Tudors, characterized by flat four-centered arches, shallow moldings, and a profusion of paneling on the walls.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tudor, adj. & n. hist.
--adj.
1 of, characteristic of, or associated with the royal family of England ruling 1485-1603 or this period.
2 of or relating to the architectural style of this period, esp. with half-timbering and elaborately decorated houses.
--n. a member of the Tudor royal family.

Idiom

Tudor rose (in late Perpendicular decoration) a conventional five-lobed figure of a rose esp. a red rose encircling a white one.

Etymology

Owen Tudor of Wales, grandfather of Henry VII