Hastings

Hastings
noun
1. United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
Syn: ↑Thomas Hastings
Instance Hypernyms: ↑architect, ↑designer
2. a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
Instance Hypernyms: ↑town
Part Holonyms: ↑East Sussex
3. the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
Syn: ↑battle of Hastings
Regions: ↑England
Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
Part Holonyms: ↑Norman Conquest

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Hastings [Hastings] [ˈheɪstɪŋz] [ˈheɪstɪŋz]
a town on the southern coast of England. The Battle of Hastings was fought nearby in 1066.

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