Lancaster

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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.

Lancaster

/ ˈlæŋkəstə; ˈlæŋˌkæstə /

Lancaster

/ ˈlæŋkəstə /

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)

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

Never have two people been more in love than Augustus Waters and Hazel Grace Lancaster, and now one of them is about to die.

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

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

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

The approach of the royal troops decided the insurgents to retire towards the Scots, to Lancaster's castle of Dunstanburgh.

When we came to Lancaster we were glad to stop, although our day's journey had covered only sixty miles.

A style of architecture closely resembling that of Lancaster-road Congregational Chapel has been followed in its construction.

Public charities, such as the Infirmary and the Lancaster School received annual subscriptions until the companies came to an end.

The church they respect is situated at the northern end of Preston, near the junction of Moor-lane and Lancaster-road.

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