BATTLE OF HASTINGS as NOUN

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
   
   Synonym(s)
   • Hastings (what does Hastings mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) battle of Hastings is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pitched battle (what does pitched battle mean?)