Hanoverian

Hanoverian
a) of or from Hanover
b) of or from the House of Hanover
2. noun
a) Someone of or from Hanover.

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

b) Someone from the House of Hanover.

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