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Tudor

Definition: Tudor

Tudor

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a style of architecture in England in the 15th century; "half-timbered Tudor houses"; "Tudor furniture".

Noun

1. An English dynasty descended from Owen Tudor; Tudor monarchs ruled from Henry VII to Elizabeth I (from 1485 to 1603).

2. United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Tudor" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the ruler of the people".

Date "Tudor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1822. (references)


Abbreviations & Acronyms: Tudor

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

TUDOR

EnglishUsability issue for people with special needsN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Specialty Definition: Tudor

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The word Tudor refers to the period 1485 - 1603, especially in relation to the History of England. This coincides with the rule of the Tudor dynasty in England.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tudor."

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Synonyms: Tudor

Synonyms: Antony Tudor (n), House of Tudor (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tudor

English words defined with "Tudor": Bosworth Fieldgreyhalf-timber, half-timbered, Henry Tudor, Henry VII, House of TudorLady Jane GreyRalph Vaughan Williams, Richard IIITudor architectureVaughan WilliamsWar of the Roses, Wars of the Roses. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Tudor": Florid Architecture. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Tudor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (Tudor), Hungarian (Tudor), Portuguese (tudor).

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Modern Usage: Tudor

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Marie Tudor (1966)

Tudor (1962)

A Tudor Princess (1913)

Take Joy! The Magical World of Tasha Tudor (1996)

Tudor King (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tudor

DomainTitle

References

  • Sociedad Espanola del Acumulador Tudor, S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Tudor plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Tudor

Photos:
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Photo Album: Tudor

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Tudor Hall. Exterior of Tudor Hall. Credit: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Anthony Tudor, in "Gala Performance". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tudor

SubjectTopicQuote

Minorities

Bulgaria

In July an unidentified assailant shot a Rom, Tudor Todorov, who was attempting to steal almonds from a private orchard; Todorov was taken to the hospital in critical condition. (references)

Political Economy

Romania

Its presidential candidate and party leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor came in second to Ion Iliescu in the presidential run-off. (references)

Political Rights

Romania

Allegations of widespread voting fraud by the losing PRM candidate, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, were not judged to be credible. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Tudor

"Tudor" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.10% of the time. "Tudor" is used about 526 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)98.1%51611,767
Noun (singular)1.9%10111,207
                    Total100.00%526N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Tudor

The following table summarizes the usage of "Tudor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TudorLast name2,0005,044
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Tudor

"Tudor" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the ruler of the people".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Tudor."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
TheodoricMaleAncient GermanicN/A
DiederikMaleDutchTheodoric
DerekMaleEnglishTheodoric
TerryMale, FemaleEnglishTheodoric
ThierryMaleFrenchTheodoric
DiederickMaleGermanTheodoric
DietrichMaleGermanTheodoric
TudorMaleWelshTheodoric
TudurMaleWelshTudor
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Tudor

CountryName
United Kingdom

Tudor plc

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Tudor

Expressions using "Tudor": antony Tudor Henry Tudor house of Tudor Mary Tudor tudor arch Tudor architecture Tudor style. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Tudor": tudor-arch, Tudor-cum-georgian, tudor-effect, tudor-gothic, Tudor-hart, tudor-style, Tudor-walters.

Ending with "Tudor": Mock-tudor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tudor

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tudor

246

tudor england

21

tudor watch

149

english tudor home

20

tasha tudor

99

english tudor

20

tudor house

74

submariner tudor

20

mary tudor

58

house style tudor

19

tudor home

49

tudor house plan

18

tudor style home

42

history tudor

17

rolex tudor

32

joel tudor surf board

17

joel tudor

31

elizabeth tudor

16

investment tudor

28

tudor floor plan

16

tudor hotel

27

tudor hotel miami

15

tudor mint

27

park school tudor

15

style tudor

27

corporation investment tudor

14

typing tudor

26

park tudor

13

tudor rose

26

building tudor

12

times tudor

25

tudor clothing

11

paul tudor jones

24

ranger tudor

11

tudor architecture

22

fisher house tudor

10

city tudor

21

corp investment tudor

10

tudor home plan

21

tudor costume

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tudor

Language Translations for "Tudor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Tudor. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

От Епохата На Тюдорите. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tudorboog (four-centred arch, Tudor arch). (various references)

   

French

  

arc Tudor (Tudor arch). (various references)

   

German

  

Tudorbogen (four-centred arch, Tudor arch). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

־כו ית ׁ'ור" ֳו ֳלתית. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Tudor. (various references)

   

Manx

  

Tiudaragh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

udortay

   

Portuguese

  

tudor. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Тюдоровский. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tudorski. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Tudor Krallarına Ait. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

Tudur. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Tudor

Misspellings

"Tudor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tdor, Toujour, Tuborg, Tudur, Tuor, Tuzo, Usdor. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tudor"

Words rhyming with "Tudor" (pronounced 'Tu"dor'): ARDOR, Candor, Male-odor, malodor, Masticador, Nidor, Odor, Rodomontador, splendor, stridor. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Tudor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-o-r-t-u"

-1 letter: dour, duro, rout, tour, trod, turd.

-2 letters: dor, dot, duo, ort, oud, our, out, rod, rot, rut, tod, tor, udo, urd.

-3 letters: do, od, or, to, ut.

 Words containing the letters "d-o-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: detour, drouth, redout, rotund, routed, stroud, toured, untrod.

 

+2 letters: auditor, courted, detours, dilutor, doubter, dourest, dropout, drought, drouths, drouthy, eductor, grouted, obtrude, orotund, outbred, outdare, outdoer, outdoor, outdrag, outdraw, outdrew, outdrop, outread, outride, outrode, outward, product, readout, redoubt, redouts, rotunda, rousted, strouds, torqued, trouped, tutored.

 

+3 letters: abductor, adductor, adjustor, adulator, aeroduct, auditors, auditory, authored, clotured, cornuted, detoured, deuteron, devouter, dextrous, dilutors, doubters, downturn, dropouts, droughts, droughty, ductwork, duration, educator, eductors, fortuned, inductor, laudator, obdurate, obtruded, obtruder, obtrudes, outboard, outbreed, outcried, outdared, outdares, outdoers, outdoors, outdrags, outdrank, outdrawn, outdraws, outdream, outdress, outdrink, outdrive, outdrops, outdrove, outdrunk, outfired, outheard, outraced, outraged, outrated, outraved, outreads, outrider, outrides, outrowed, outsider, outtrade, outwards, postdrug, postured, products, protrude, proudest, ragouted, readouts, redoubts, reductor, rerouted, roqueted, rotundas, rotundly, roundest, roundlet, sprouted, studwork, sudatory, taboured, tonsured, tortured, troubled, trounced, trudgeon, tuberoid, turndown, udometer, udometry, undertow, unrooted, unsorted, untoward, uprooted, utilidor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Names: Company Usage
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Abbreviations
17. Acronyms
18. Derivations
19. Rhymes
20. Anagrams
21. Bibliography


  

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