York

[ yawrk ]

/ yɔrk /

noun

a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.

1st Duke ofEdmund of Langley,1341–1402, progenitor of the house of York (son of Edward III).

Alvin Cul·lum

[kuhl-uh m] /ˈkʌl əm/Sergeant,1887–1964, U.S. soldier.

Yorkshire(def 1).

Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.

a city in SE Pennsylvania: meeting of the Continental Congress 1777–78.

an estuary in E Virginia, flowing SE into Chesapeake Bay. 40 miles (64 km) long.

Cape, a cape at the NE extremity of Australia.

Example sentences from the Web for york

“You could be an individual going to the paintball range and play by yourself,” says York.

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None of which changes the fact that he should be buried in York.

Times Leader Writers Can't Decide Where Richard III Should Be Buried |Tom Sykes |November 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The sale was reported in the York Daily Record more than a month later.

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Richard III grew up in Yorkshire and erected the walls of the city of York.

York MP calls for calm over Richard III |Tom Sykes |March 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

In September, the York office provided more specific information.

Monsignor Meth Kevin Wallin: The Kinky Priest Who Sold Meth |Michael Daly |January 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
If they could not make such a peace, they were to erect a fort on the Rappahannock River or between it and the York.

Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 |Wilcomb E. Washburn
On seeking re-election in York, he declined to give any pledge on the burning question of the Clergy Reserves and was defeated.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 |Various
Geoffrey had been appointed Archbishop of York in accordance with the wish that his father Henry had expressed on his death-bed.

Richard I |Jacob Abbott
This ancient inn stands midway in the village and was at that time the most important inn between York and Carlisle.

Dickensian Inns & Taverns |B. W. (Bertram Waldrom) Matz
As soon as it began to pay, the Duke of York cast his eye on it.

The History of the British Post Office |Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

British Dictionary definitions for york (1 of 3)

york

/ (jɔːk) /

verb

(tr) cricket to bowl or try to bowl (a batsman) by pitching the ball under or just beyond the bat

Word Origin for york

C19: back formation from yorker

British Dictionary definitions for york (2 of 3)

York ¹

/ (jɔːk) /

noun

a historic city in NE England, in York unitary authority, North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse: the military capital of Roman Britain; capital of the N archiepiscopal province of Britain since 625, with a cathedral (the Minster) begun in 1154; noted for its cycle of medieval mystery plays; unusually intact medieval walls; university (1963). Pop: 137 505 (2001) Latin name: Eboracum

a unitary authority in NE England, in North Yorkshire. Pop: 183 100 (2003 est). Area: 272 sq km (105 sq miles)

Cape York a cape in NE Australia, in Queensland at the N tip of the Cape York Peninsula, extending into the Torres Strait: the northernmost point of Australia

British Dictionary definitions for york (3 of 3)

York ²

/ (jɔːk) /

noun

the English royal house that reigned from 1461 to 1485 and was descended from Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411–60), whose claim to the throne precipitated the Wars of the Roses. His sons reigned as Edward IV and Richard III

Alvin C (ullum). 1887–1964, US soldier and hero of World War I

Duke of, full name Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany . 1763–1827, second son of George III of Great Britain and Ireland. An undistinguished commander-in-chief of the British army (1798–1809), he is the "grand old Duke of York" of the nursery rhyme

Prince Andrew, Duke of. born 1960, second son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He married (1986) Miss Sarah Ferguson; they divorced in 1996; their first daughter, Princess Beatrice of York, was born in 1988 and their second, Princess Eugenie of York, in 1990

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