Hanoverian

From Hanover +‎ -ian.

• Rhymes: -ɪɹiən

Hanoverian (comparative more Hanoverian, superlative most Hanoverian)

1. Of, from or relating to the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.

   the Hanoverian brown rat

2. Of or from the House of Hanover, a German royal dynasty.
3. Of or relating to a breed of warmblooded sport horses bred by King George II, the King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover.

Hanoverian (plural Hanoverians)

1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany.
2. Someone from the House of Hanover.
3. A supporter of the House of Hanover.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VI:

     " […] I had rather be anything than a courtier, and a Presbyterian, and a Hanoverian too, as some people, I believe, are."

4. A horse of the Hanoverian breed.