Has·tings (h  st ngz) 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). Population: 85,800. |
| Hastings, Thomas 1860-1929. American architect who with John Merven Carrère formed an important architectural firm whose designs include that of the New York Public Library (1897-1911) and numerous mansions. |
| Hastings, Warren 1732-1818. British colonial administrator who as governor-general of India (1773-1785) carried out land and legal reforms and instituted British control of the Indian government. |
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| Noun | 1. | Hastings - United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929) |
| 2. | Hastings - a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place East Sussex - a county in southern England on the English Channel | |
| 3. | Hastings - 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 Norman Conquest - the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066) England - a division of the United Kingdom |
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