Ancaster

[ an-kas-ter, ang- ]

/ ˈæn kæs tər, ˈæŋ- /

noun

a town in S Ontario, in S Canada.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Ancaster once gave the title of Duke to the head of the Bertie family, but that Dukedom is now extinct.
Curiousities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol. 1|Thomas Dugdale
She held the infant of one of her relations at the font, on the Sunday that Mr. Hall visited the church at Ancaster.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers|William Bingley
We glided softly past; but the princess royal, attended by the Duchess of Ancaster, came out to us.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Fanny Burney
In 1824, the mails were conveyed the same distance, via Ancaster, in three days.
Toronto of Old|Henry Scadding

She then took her seat in one of the carriages with the two Duchesses of Ancaster and Hamilton.
Agnes Strickland's Queens of England, Vol. III. (of III)|Rosalie Kaufman

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