BATTLE OF HASTINGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Hastings mean? 

• BATTLE OF HASTINGS (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF HASTINGS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF HASTINGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF HASTINGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Hastings; Hastings

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Holonyms ("battle of Hastings" is a part of...):

Norman Conquest (the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066))