Hanoverian

comparative more Hanoverian · superlative most Hanoverian · alternative Hannoverian

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.

plural Hanoverians · alternative Hannoverian

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.

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

   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

4. A horse of the Hanoverian breed.