Yorkist

Yorkist
/yawr"kist/, n.
1. an adherent or member of the royal family of York, esp. in the Wars of the Roses.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the English royal family of York.
3. of or pertaining to the Yorkists.
[1595-1605; YORK + -IST]

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