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york

/jɔː(ɹ)k/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about york at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose.

Origin

Back-formation from yorker.

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