Stuart — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A Scottish surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.

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2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

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3. A placename: A place in the United States: A city, the county seat of Martin County, Florida.

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4. A placename: A place in the United States: A city in Lincoln Township, Adair County and Stuart Township, Guthrie County, Iowa.

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5. A placename: A place in the United States: A township and village therein, in Holt County, Nebraska.

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6. A placename: A place in the United States: A town in Hughes County, Oklahoma.

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7. A placename: A place in the United States: A town, the county seat of Patrick County, Virginia.

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8. A placename: A coastal suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

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9. A placename: A locality in Mid Murray council area, South Australia.

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Noun

1. A monarch or other member of the British royal family during the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, from the reign of James VI and I to Anne.

2. A monarch or other member of the British royal family during the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, from the reign of James VI and I to Anne. A monarch or other member of the Scottish royal family from 1371 to 1603.

3. Anyone who lived in the Stuart era of Great Britain.

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   The Stuarts wore long hair; and, during the civil wars of Charles the First, the fashion of wearing the hair was as distinctive a mark of the adverse parties of Cavaliers and Roundheads as the red and white roses were of the houses[…]

   The Stuarts ate all manner of things that many today would find unappetising. Pigeon pie would have been made with pigeon meat, and cock ale was made by stewing a chicken in fermenting beer to create a beverage that was believed to be most nourishing.

Adjective

1. From or typical of the era between 1603 and 1714 when the House of Stuart ruled Great Britain, not always including the Interregnum from 1649 to 1660 when the Stuarts were exiled.

   Related words

   StewardStewartStuard

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   Stuart dress, like other fashionable styles, was not static.

Noun

1. a member of the royal family that ruled Scotland and England

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   rulerswayer

2. the royal family that ruled Scotland from 1371-1714 and ruled England from 1603 to 1649 and again from 1660 to 1714

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   dynastyroyaltyroyal familyroyal lineroyal house