noun
1. a city in northwestern England
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Lancastrian
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑England
• Member Meronyms: ↑Lancastrian
2. the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose
• Syn: ↑House of Lancaster, ↑Lancastrian line
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Lancastrian
• Hypernyms: ↑dynasty, ↑royalty, ↑royal family, ↑royal line, ↑royal house
• Member Meronyms: ↑Lancastrian, ↑Henry IV, ↑Bolingbroke, ↑Henry Bolingbroke, ↑Henry V, ↑Henry VI
Useful english dictionary. 2012.