York

York, Alvin Cullum Known as "Sergeant York." 1887-1964.

American World War I hero famed for his single-handed attack on a German post.

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York, Cape

1. The northernmost point of Australia, on Torres Strait at the tip of Cape York Peninsula.

2. A cape of northwest Greenland in northern Baffin Bay.

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York ¹

Ruling house of England (1461-1485), including Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III. During the Wars of the Roses its symbol was a white rose.

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Yorkist adj. & n.

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York ²  (yôrk)

1. A borough of northern England on the Ouse River east-northeast of Leeds. Originally a Celtic settlement, it was later held by Romans, Angles, Danes, and Normans. Population: 137,000.

2. A city of southern Pennsylvania south-southeast of Harrisburg. Settled in 1735, it was the meeting place of the Continental Congress in 1777-1778 during the British occupation of Philadelphia. Population: 40,500.

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york [jɔːk]

vb

(Team Sports / Cricket) (tr) Cricket to bowl or try to bowl (a batsman) by pitching the ball under or just beyond the bat

[back formation from yorker]

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York [jɔːk]

n

1. (Placename) a walled city in NE England, in York unitary authority, North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse: the military capital of Roman Britain; capital of the N archiepiscopal province of Britain since 625, with a cathedral (the Minster) begun in 1154; noted for its cycle of medieval mystery plays; university (1963). Pop.: 104 100 (1994 est.) Latin name Eboracum

2. (Placename) a unitary authority in NE England, in North Yorkshire. Pop.: 181 131 (1996 est.). Area: 272 sq. km (105 sq. miles)

3. (Placename) Cape. a cape in NE Australia, in Queensland at the N tip of Cape York Peninsula, extending into Torres Strait: the northernmost point of Australia

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York²

n

1. (Biographies) the English royal house that reigned from 1461 to 1485 and was descended from Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York (1411-60), whose claim to the throne precipitated the Wars of the Roses. His sons reigned as Edward IV and Richard III

2. (Biographies / York, Alvin C(ullum) (1887-1964) M, US, MILITARY: soldier, MILITARY: war hero) Alvin C(ullum). 1887-1964, US soldier and hero of World War I

3. (Biographies / York, Duke of (1763-1827) M, British, MILITARY: soldier, POLITICS: royal family member) Duke of, full name Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany. 1763-1827, second son of George III of Great Britain and Ireland. An undistinguished commander-in-chief of the British army (1798-1809), he is the ``grand old Duke of York'' of the nursery rhyme

4. (Biographies / York, Prince Andrew, Duke of (1960 M, British, POLITICS: royal family member) Prince Andrew, Duke of. born 1960, second son of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He married (1986) Miss Sarah Ferguson; they divorced in 1996; their first daughter, Princess Beatrice of York, was born in 1988 and their second, Princess Eugenie of York, in 1990

Thesaurus

Noun

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York - the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose House of York dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty - royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by royalty" Richard III - King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)