York

[ yawrk ]

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 Cul·lum [kuhl, -, uh, m] Sergeant, 1887–1964, U.S. soldier.
4. Yorkshire ( def 1 ).
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.

york

¹

/ jɔːk /

verb

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

York

²

/ jɔːk /

noun

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

York

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/ 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. YorkAlvin C(ullum)18871964MUSMILITARY: soldierMILITARY: war hero Alvin C ( ullum ). 1887–1964, US soldier and hero of World War I
3. York, Duke of17631827MBritishMILITARY: soldierPOLITICS: royal family member 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. York, Prince Andrew, Duke of1960MBritishPOLITICS: royal family member 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of York¹

C19: back formation from yorker

Example Sentences

ENERGYNew York loses appeal in oil company suitA federal appeals court on Thursday rejected New York City’s effort to hold five major oil companies liable to help pay the costs of addressing harm caused by global warming.

From Washington Post

York said she and other advisory council members are not typically involved in the day-to-day operations of the fund.

From Washington Blade

Interruptions cause a lack of security updates and stall further developments, which are essential to maintaining security and privacy, York said.

From Washington Blade

York also said people abroad working on the fund’s projects also voiced concerns about losing their housing as funding continued to stall last year.

From Washington Blade

To find it, they teamed up with York chemist Anthony Wilkinson.

From Science News For Students

Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.

From The Daily Beast

Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.

From The Daily Beast

They became so brown and shriveled that they looked like walking beef jerky with New York accents.

From The Daily Beast

But the people from Valley Stream had such a thick New York accent that was all around me.

From The Daily Beast

Their immediate response tells an important truth about a police slowdown that has spread throughout New York City in recent days.

From The Daily Beast

Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.

From Project Gutenberg

Election of representatives from New York to consider the federal constitution held.

From Project Gutenberg

Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, on account of his near relationship to the house of York, beheaded.

From Project Gutenberg

Two unsophisticated country lasses visited Niblo's in New York during the ballet season.

From Project Gutenberg

I started for it once, but never even reached the western boundaries of New York.

From Project Gutenberg