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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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Example Sentences

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York york

She was appearing in Amy's View in New York when Poitier came backstage after a performance.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ken Murray, principal of York College, also wants to see more support for young people entering the job market.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Gu and Baruch Lev, a professor of accounting and finance at New York University, are authors of the recently published book “The M&A Failure Trap.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The parent furor has led some districts, including New York City and Los Angeles, to impose moratoriums on student use of AI in the classroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I suck in a breath when I see that one of the first on the list is The New York Times.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

What are we going to let him manage ten more years without a championship here in new york.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2016

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

Gale moved to a 75-ball 50 with six fours but 13 balls on he danced down the pitch to Tredwell only to york himself and gift Geraint Jones a comfortable stumping.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2012

We will load up a york boat immediately with a small load of supplies for present use.

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

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