Definition of "Hanoverian"

Hanoverian

adjective
comparative more Hanoverian, superlative most Hanoverian
1. Of or from Hanover.
2. Of or from the House of Hanover, a German royal dynasty.
noun
plural Hanoverians
1. Someone of or from Hanover.
2. Someone from the House of Hanover.
3. A supporter of the House of Hanover.
  Quotations
  " […] 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, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], book VI