Ulster Definition

ŭlstər
noun
A long, loose, heavy overcoat, esp. one with a belt, originally made of Irish frieze.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(geographical) The northern province of Ireland, comprising of six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland.

Wiktionary
(politics) Alternate name used for the six counties that make up Northern Ireland.
Wiktionary
adjective
Relating to, or originating from Ulster.
An Ulster Fry.
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Other Word Forms of Ulster

Noun

Singular:
ulster
Plural:
ulsters

Origin of Ulster

  • Named from the Irish province of Ulster.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Ulster

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ulster Sentence Examples

  • The brothers retreated to Ulster, and, Robert having left Ireland in May 1317 to protect his own borders, Edward, who had been crowned king of Ireland, was defeated and killed at Dundalk in October 1318.

  • For a short time he worked for his father in the hardware business; in1852-1856he worked as a surveyor in preparing maps of Ulster, Albany and Delaware counties in New York, of Lake and Geauga counties in Ohio, and of Oakland county in Michigan, and of a projected railway line between Newburgh and Syracuse, N.Y.

  • Limestone and clay suitable for making Portland cement are also found in Ulster county and elsewhere, and the production of this increased from 65,000 Barrels in 1890 to 2,290,955 barrels in 1908.

  • At the Restoration, in which they heartily co-operated, there were in Ulster seventy ministers in fixed charges, with nearly eighty parishes or congregations containing one hundred thousand persons.

  • His birthplace has been variously given as Duns in Berwickshire, Dunum (Down) in Ulster, and Dunstane in Northumberland, but there is not sufficient evidence to settle the question.

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Words Starting With

UULULS

Words Ending With

RERTER

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With U6 Letter Words Ending With R