Plantagenet
Meanings
noun
- A member of the dynasty which held the English throne from 1154 to 1485.
name
- A community in Alfred and Plantagenet township, Ontario, Canada.
- A local government area in the Great Southern region, Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Plantagenet.
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Etymology
Originally a sobriquet of Geoffrey of Anjou (1113-1151), founder of the line, who was said to have worn a yellow broom blossom in his hat, Old French plante genest (French plante genêt), from Latin planta genista (“sprig of broom”), whence Medieval Latin Plantagenistae; subsequently adopted as a surname.
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