Lancaster

[ lang-kuh-ster; for 4–8 also lang-kas-ter ]

/ ˈlæŋ kə stər; for 4–8 also ˈlæŋ kæs tər /

noun

the English royal family that reigned 1399–1461, descended from John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster), and that included Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI. Compare York(def 1).

a member of this family.

a city in Lancashire, in NW England.

a city in SE Pennsylvania.

a town in S California.

a city in central Ohio.

a town in N Texas.

a town in W New York.

Lancashire.

Example sentences from the Web for lancaster

Take 17-year-old Sierra Landry, from Lancaster, South Carolina.

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Joan Crawford had the inside track for Karen, though in 1952 she was six years older than Lancaster.

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Mrs. Lancaster: “I don't think so, but I could check with the kitchen.”

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MPs with numbers like 333 (Lancaster & Fleetwood), 214 (Sherwood) or 54 (N Warwickshire) tattooed on to their eyelids.

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Lancaster, an insurance agent, had met Breitbart at the Smart Girls conference in St. Louis two years ago.

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No doubt the colonel had started on his journey to Lancaster.

The Manchester Rebels of the Fatal '45 |William Harrison Ainsworth
Henry himself went hence to die in the Tower, and so end the hopes of the House of Lancaster.

Canterbury |Canon Danks
Mrs. Ewing provided him with a liberal outfit of clothes, etc., and on May 20th he left Lancaster in a stage coach for Zanesville.

Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. |W. Fletcher Johnson
This variety is much grown about Lancaster, and some parts of Westmoreland, where it is a great favorite among the cottagers.

British Pomology |Robert Hogg
"I was reserving a pleasant surprise for you to-day," Lancaster rejoined.

Lancaster's Choice |Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

British Dictionary definitions for lancaster (1 of 2)

Lancaster ¹

/ (ˈlæŋkəstə) /

noun

a city in NW England, former county town of Lancashire, on the River Lune: castle (built on the site of a Roman camp); university (1964). Pop: 45 952 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for lancaster (2 of 2)

Lancaster ²

/ (ˈlæŋkəstə, ˈlæŋˌkæstə) /

noun

the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461

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