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# lancaster

«lancaster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a city in north-west England, the county town of Lancashire** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Lancaster — a name and place)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name, a place) Lancaster is a city in north-west England, the county town of Lancashire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#m1)

2) (history) The House of Lancaster was a royal family of England, whose sign was the red rose; it fought the House of York in the Wars of the Roses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#m2)

3) (history) The Lancaster was a famous British bomber plane of the Second World War. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#m3)

4) (a name) A surname. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons: the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) were between Lancaster (red rose) and York (white rose), ended by Henry Tudor. Geography: Lancaster has a castle and a university. Burt Lancaster was an American film actor.

### examples

- Lancaster is a city in Lancashire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#x1)
- The red rose was the badge of the House of Lancaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#x2)
- Henry VII united Lancaster and York. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#x3)
- We visited Lancaster Castle on our trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#x4)
- The Lancaster bomber had four engines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#x5)
- Mrs Lancaster is our neighbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#x6)
- Some cried, "Thou must go to Lancaster first." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/#x7)

### note

Always written with a capital L. Pronounced LAN-kuh-ster. Lancashire is the county; Lancaster is its city.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lancaster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lancaster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.