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Savage
Savage, a long‐established family which came to Ulster with John de Courcy and received large estates around Coleraine in the early 13th century. When the de Burgo (see Burke (de Burgh)) earldom collapsed a century later, Robert Savage was made seneschal of Ulster and later rewarded with lands in the Ards Peninsula for defending the beleaguered colonists. In the 15th century, the Savages and the other Anglo‐Norman families were driven back by the O'Neills of Clandeboye into ‘the little Pale’ of Carrickfergus, the Ards, and Lecale. The last seneschal of Ulster, Rowland Savage (d. 1519), was driven out completely.
Nevertheless, the Savage family managed to remain in Ulster. The Savages of Carrickfergus, who were least subject to Gaelicization, provided five mayors and ten sheriffs of the town and its county between 1570 and 1645. Amongst the Savages of the Ards, there were branches at Portaferry and Ardkeen after primogeniture broke down. The heads of these branches Protestantized under the influence of Hugh Montgomery, Viscount Ards, in the first half of the 17th century. The exception was the Catholic cadet line of Ardkeen Savages at Ballygalget which suffered confiscation for the actions of Rowland Savage, Jacobite army captain and MP for Newry in the Patriot Parliament. Hiram Morgan |
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"Savage." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Savage." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Savage.html "Savage." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-Savage.html |
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savage
sav·age / ˈsavij/ • adj. (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled: tales of a savage beast. ∎ cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile: they launched a savage attack on the budget. ∎ (chiefly in historical or literary contexts) primitive; uncivilized. ∎ (of something bad or negative) very great; severe: this would deal a savage blow to the government's fight. • n. chiefly hist. or poetic/lit. a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. ∎ a brutal or vicious person. • v. [tr.] (esp. of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul: ewes savaged by marauding dogs. ∎ subject to a vicious verbal attack; criticize brutally: Fowler savaged her in his last review. DERIVATIVES: sav·age·ly adv. sav·age·ness n. sav·age·ry / -rē/ n. |
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"savage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "savage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-savage.html "savage." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-savage.html |
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savage
savage that is in a state of nature XIII; of wild or unrestrained behavior XV; uncivilized XVI; furiously angry XIX; sb. XVI. ME. sa(u)vage — (O)F. sauvage (AN. also savage):- Rom. *salvāticus, for L. silvāticus woodland-, wild, f. silva wood, forest; see -AGE.
Hence savagery XVI. |
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T. F. HOAD. "savage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "savage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-savage.html T. F. HOAD. "savage." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-savage.html |
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•cartage
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•freightage • wastage
•mintage, vintage
•hermitage • baronetage • heritage
•cottage, pottage, wattage
•hostage
•portage, shortage
•outage • dotage • voltage • postage
•anecdotage • footage • frontage
•pilotage • parentage • Carthage
•ravage, savage
•salvage • selvedge • pavage • cleavage
•lovage • language • sandwich
•envisage, visage
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"savage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "savage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-savage.html "savage." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-savage.html |
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