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  York

  noun

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

  verb

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

York

American  

[yawrk] / jɔrk /

noun

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

2. 1st Duke of Edmund of Langley, 1341–1402, progenitor of the house of York (son of Edward III).

3. Alvin Cullum Sergeant, 1887–1964, U.S. soldier.

4. Yorkshire.

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

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

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

8. Cape, a cape at the NE extremity of Australia.

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York ¹ British  

/ jɔːk /

noun

1. 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

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

3. 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

4. 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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York ² British  

/ jɔːk /

noun

1. Latin name: Eboracum.  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)

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

3. 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

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york ³ British  

/ jɔːk /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of york

C19: back formation from _yorker

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Spared the added expenses for housing and schooling that many young families face elsewhere, the Kashanis then did something that would have seemed impossible back in New York: They had a third child.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

“I think it makes it fun, because it makes it New York that it’s so kind of all over the place and chaotic,” top-ranked American and No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula said Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

The event's anniversary line-up also included Irish indie-pop singer Cmat, New York art-rockers Geese and Canadian singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

They began stashing more reserves in the New York Fed’s gold vault in the wake of WWII.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026

“I thought I could go far away, but New York City is just Davey with skyscrapers,” I say.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Later in the exchange, Epstein tells Thiel that the following month he’ll be in “new york, caribean , europe.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Now Santner gets his first wicket in Test cricket when he tosses up a full one and Hazlewood plays all round it to effectively york himself.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2015

“We all gathered there for lunch; Robert Indiana would be there,” said Mr. Tschinkel, who created a video series called ART/new york about the scene.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2015

Lesh, 73, will pair up with promoter Peter Shapiro, who runs the Brooklyn Bowl in New york City and owns the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y.

From Time ● Nov. 4, 2013

The york boat was left drawn up on the beach below the camp.

From The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest by Hulbert Footner