Jump To:

• York
  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.

---

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

---

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

---

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

---

Etymology

Origin of york

C19: back formation from _yorker

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

York york

Bangladesh’s consul general in New York sent Palo Alto police a letter “expressing profound concern regarding the circumstances surrounding his death” and calling for “a comprehensive law enforcement investigation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

A New York Times/Siena poll released last week found that Republican primary voters favor Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio to be the party’s next nominee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum confirmed her position as the queen of Halloween by transforming into a giant, bloodied and severed hand for her annual costume party in New York.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The New York Times reported Thursday that US intelligence officials concluded that a Chinese executive linked to a Singapore-based data center company, who had interacted with Huang, had been funneling information to Beijing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Leah’s new friend, Mr. Daniel Underhill, had come with her by train from New York City.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

New york always kept him guessing and is full of surprises.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2014

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

Sec. sponsors: the men who have made new york what it is!

From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---