Lancaster Definition

lăngkə-stər, lăn-
pronoun

A habitational surname​.

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The House of Lancaster, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster; their symbol was a red rose.

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The City of Lancaster, a UK local government district with city status in Lancashire in North West England. Its main settlement is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status.

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A city in Lancashire, in the northwest of England, UK.
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Any of various settlements that take their name from the city in Lancashire. See Lancaster (disambiguation) on Wikipedia for a list.
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Origin of Lancaster

  • From the River Lune + castra (“castle”)

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Lancaster Sentence Examples

  • Our boy was 'James Rogers from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.'

  • In 1779-1780 about 4000 of Burgoyne's troops, surrendered under the "Convention" of Saratoga, were quartered here; in October 1780 part of them were sent to Lancaster, Pa., and later the rest were sent north.

  • The trouble was again revived by the repeal in 1790 of the confirming act 2 Several Scotch-Irish families from Lancaster (disambiguation)|Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, accepted Connecticut titles and settled at Hanover under Captain Lazarus Stewart.

  • The barony of Widnes in1554-1555was declared to be part of the duchy of Lancaster.

  • It again returned, however, to the Lacys in 1287, was granted in parcels, and like their other lands became merged in the duchy of Lancaster.

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Words Starting With

LLALAN

Words Ending With

RERTER

Unscrambles

Lancaster

Words Starting With L and Ending With R

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With L9 Letter Words Ending With R