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Hastings

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Noun

1. hastings, thomas hastings

United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)

2. hastings

a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place

3. battle of hastings, hastings

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hastings

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noun
1. 
a port in SE England, in East Sussex on the English Channel: near the site of the Battle of Hastings (1066), in which William the Conqueror defeated King Harold; chief of the Cinque Ports. Pop: 85 828 (2001)
2. 
a town in New Zealand, on E North Island: centre of a rich agricultural and fruit-growing region. Pop: 71 100 (2004 est)
noun
1. 
Gavin. born 1962, Scottish Rugby Union footballer; played for Scotland (1986–95), scoring 667 points in 61 games
2. 
Warren. 1732–1818, British administrator in India; governor general of Bengal (1773–85). He implemented important reforms but was impeached by parliament (1788) on charges of corruption; acquitted in 1795

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Hastings

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Warren1732-1818; Eng. statesman: 1st governor general of India (1773-84)
city in East Sussex, SE England, on the English Channel: near the site of the decisive battle (Battle of Hastings, 1066) in the Norman Conquest of England: county district pop. 78,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hastings

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A borough of southeast England on the English Channel at the entrance to the Strait of Dover. Hastings is near the site of William the Conqueror's victory over the Anglo-Saxons under Harold II (October 14, 1066).
American architect who with his partner John Merven Carrère designed the office buildings of the US Senate and House of Representatives (1905-1909) and the New York Public Library (1897-1911).

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