LANCASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lancaster mean? 

• LANCASTER (noun)
  The noun LANCASTER has 2 senses:

1. a city in northwestern England

2. the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose

  Familiarity information: LANCASTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANCASTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northwestern England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Lancaster"):

Lancastrian (a resident of Lancaster)

Holonyms ("Lancaster" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

Lancastrian (of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

House of Lancaster; Lancaster; Lancastrian line

Hypernyms ("Lancaster" is a kind of...):

dynasty (a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family)

royal family; royal house; royal line; royalty (royal persons collectively)

Meronyms (members of "Lancaster"):

Lancastrian (a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster)

Bolingbroke; Henry Bolingbroke; Henry IV (the first Lancastrian king of England from 1399 to 1413; deposed Richard II and suppressed rebellions (1367-1413))

Henry V (son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422))

Henry VI (son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461; he was taken prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king; he was rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured and murdered in the Tower of London (1421-1471))

Derivation:

Lancastrian (of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters)

 Context examples 

I am sorry, Lancaster, but the berth is full.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Aye, aye, the 'Lasses of Lancaster,'” one suggested.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The whole party proceeded afterwards to the house of Mr. Aloysius Doran, at Lancaster Gate, where breakfast had been prepared.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If these catches were more accessible locally they could have a huge impact on global food security and combat malnutrition-related disease in millions of people, said lead author Christina Hicks, a professor at the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University.

(Fairer fish trade could fix nutrient deficiencies in coastal countries, SciDev.Net)

From England had arrived the prince's brother, the Duke of Lancaster, with four hundred knights in his train and a strong company of archers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

James Lancaster.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then there is another note in the Morning Post to say that the marriage would be an absolutely quiet one, that it would be at St. George’s, Hanover Square, that only half a dozen intimate friends would be invited, and that the party would return to the furnished house at Lancaster Gate which has been taken by Mr. Aloysius Doran.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was on a Monday that the Duke of Lancaster's division passed safely through the Pyrenees.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But I have tidings for you, my lords and lieges, that our brother of Lancaster is on his way for our capital with four hundred lances and as many archers to aid us in our venture.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)