English noun: battle of Hastings | |||
1. | battle of Hastings (act) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Hastings | ||
Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
Part meronym | Norman Conquest | ||
Domain region | England | ||