battle of hastings

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battle of hastings - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  battle of Hastings
      n 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 [syn:
           Hastings, battle of Hastings]