Hastings Definition

hastings
noun
  1. United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
  2. a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
  3. 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

"Hastings" in song lyrics

See how hastings is used in real songs:

  • "My rhymes are snapshots from Brian Cross and Daniel Hastings"
    Dilated Peoples
  • "rep hastings"
    AOL — AOL
  • "the battel of hastings"
    AOL — AOL

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