ULSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ulster mean? 

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

1. a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland

2. loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted

  Familiarity information: ULSTER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

greatcoat; overcoat; topcoat (a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter)

 Context examples 

I ordered her to say nothing, but to get a few things packed and my ulster ready.

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

She was wrapped in a long ulster, for the morning was raw; and I could see nothing but her face and a mass of light brown hair escaping from under the seaman’s cap on her head.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her room, covered her bride’s dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet, and went out.

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

There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by.

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

I hardened my heart, and took the smoke-rocket from under my ulster.

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

Her prolonged absence having caused some comment, her father followed her, but learned from her maid that she had only come up to her chamber for an instant, caught up an ulster and bonnet, and hurried down to the passage.

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

It was Gatsby's father, a solemn old man very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster against the warm September day.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)