Hastings Definition

hāstĭngz
pronoun
A place name.
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A habitational surname​.

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A patronymic surname​.

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noun

Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.

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Synonyms:
  • Thomas Hastings
  • battle of Hastings

Origin of Hastings

  • a patronymic surname derived from the Anglo-Norman personal name Hasten(c), Hastang

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  • from the place name

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  • From haste.

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Hastings Sentence Examples

  • When Hastings landed at Calcutta in October 1750 the affairs of the East India Company were at a low ebb.

  • Hastings was a man of immense industry, with an insatiable appetite for detail.

  • Thus unfortunate in his birth, young Hastings received the elements of education at a charity school in his native village.

  • When the relieving force arrived from Madras under Colonel Clive and Admiral Watson, Hastings enrolled himself as a volunteer, and took part in the action which led to the recovery of Calcutta.

  • Clive showed his appreciation of Hastings's merits by appointing him in 1758 to the important post of resident at the court of Murshidabad.

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