Stuart

[ stoo-ert, styoo- ]

/ ˈstu ərt, ˈstyu- /

noun

a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.

Charles Edwardthe Young PretenderorBonnie Prince Charlie,1720–80, grandson of James II.

Also Stewart. Darnley, Lord Henry.

Gilbert,1755–1828, U.S. painter.

Henry, Darnley, Lord Henry Stewart or Stuart.

James Ewell BrownJeb,1833–64, Confederate general in the Civil War.

James Francis Edward.Also called James III.the Old Pretender,1688–1766, English prince.

Jesse Hilton,1907–84, U.S. writer.

John, 3rd Earl of Bute,1713–92, British statesman: prime minister 1762–63.

Mary. Mary, Queen of Scots.

former name of Alice Springs.

a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “steward.”

Example sentences from the Web for stuarts

The enterprise met with the usual fate of all the attempts formed in favour of the Stuarts.

Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 |Mrs. Thomson
This principle required to be explicitly reasserted under the later Stuarts, though it is found formulated in Magna Carta itself.

A History of England |Charles Oman
Under such guidance as this the people of England, Puritans and others, relaxed the power of the Stuarts and became a democracy.

The Greatest English Classic |Cleland Boyd McAfee
It was, after all, merely a repetition of Stuarts creed, to cease sucking when the orange was dry.

Twos and Threes |G. B. Stern

But, like most other things which owed their existence to the Stuarts, it rose only to fall again.

Westward Ho! |Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for stuarts

Stuart

/ (ˈstjʊət) /

noun

the royal house that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714 See also Stewart

Charles Edward, called the Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie. 1720–88, pretender to the British throne. He led the Jacobite Rebellion (1745–46) in an attempt to re-establish the Stuart succession

his father, James Francis Edward, called the Old Pretender. 1688–1766, pretender to the British throne; son of James II (James VII of Scotland) and his second wife, Mary of Modena. He made two unsuccessful attempts to realize his claim to the throne (1708; 1715)

Mary. See Mary, Queen of Scots

Cultural definitions for stuarts

Stuarts

A Scottish family that ruled England from the early seventeenth century to the early eighteenth century, except for the eleven years of the Commonwealth. The last Stuart, Queen Anne, died without any surviving children. The crown then passed to the House of Hanover.

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