Hastings definition

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A borough of southeast England on the English Channel at the entrance to the Strait of Dover. Hastings is near the site of William the Conqueror's victory over the Anglo-Saxons under Harold II (October 14, 1066).
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(place) City in East Sussex, SE England, on the English Channel: near the site of the decisive battle (Battle of Hastings, 1066) in the Norman Conquest of England.
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Early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.

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A place name.
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A habitational surname​.
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A patronymic surname​.
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(person) 1732-1818; Eng. statesman: 1st governor general of India (1773-84)
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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.

  • No Englishman ever understood the native character so well as Hastings; none ever devoted himself more heartily to the promotion of every scheme, great and small, that could advance the prosperity of India.

  • His mother died a few days after giving him birth; his father, Pynaston Hastings, drifted away to perish obscurely in the West Indies.

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