Tudor vs Sterling - What's the difference?
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A monarch of the British royal family during the sixteenth century. Specifically, King Henry VII and Henry VIII or one of his three children who ascended the throne.
A style of dress popular in Britain during the sixteenth century.
Pertaining to the British monarchs of the sixteenth century.
Pertaining to the period of British history ruled by King Henry VII, Henry VIII and the children of Henry VIII.
(architecture) In the style of English buildings of the sixteenth century; using exposed wooden beams on the exterior.
English eponyms
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The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
* S. M. Leake
Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
* {{quote-news
, year=2014
, date=December 13
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Burnley 1-0 Southampton
, work=BBC Sport
Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
As a noun tudor
is offspring, progeny.As a proper noun sterling is
a scottish surname, variant of stirling.tudor
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)sterling
English
(wikipedia sterling)Noun
citation, passage=“… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. […]”}}
- Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.
Adjective
(-)citation, page= , passage=Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.}}
