English noun: Hastings | |||
1. | Hastings (person) United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929) | ||
Synonyms | Thomas Hastings | ||
Instance hypernym | architect, designer | ||
2. | Hastings (location) a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place | ||
Instance hypernym | town | ||
Part meronym | East Sussex | ||
3. | 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 | battle of Hastings | ||
Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
Part meronym | Norman Conquest | ||
Domain region | England | ||