hastings

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
  2. noun a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
  3. noun the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest

Etymology

From haste.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Thomas Hastings

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