noun
1. United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
• Syn: ↑Thomas Hastings
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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.