Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A loose, long overcoat made of heavy, rugged fabric and often belted.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A type of long loose overcoat, worn by both men and women: originally made of frieze cloth in Ulster. The peculiarity of the coat is that it is cut almost straight for both sexes, reaching very nearly to the feet, and is sometimes girded with a belt; it often has a hood or cape.
- n. [capitalized] Same as Ulster king-at-arms.
Wiktionary
- n. A long, loose overcoat of rough material.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from
Ulster , Ireland.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a historic division of Ireland located in the northeastern part of the island; six of Ulster's nine counties are in Northern Ireland
- n. loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted
Etymologies
- Named from the Irish province of Ulster. (Wiktionary)
- After Ulster . (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Sticking out of the breast pocket of her ulster was the big envelope containing her bid.”
“When I moved here first, I was forever being told I couldnt use terms like 'the province' 'the mainland' 'ulster' etc etc.”
“O'Neill - you will be aware that many ulster Tories share your scepticism about devolution - but it is here to stay.”
“I had an apple with me in my hand, and as I stooped to drink I thrust it deep into the pocket of my ulster to be safe.”
“If I were to ask you to describe your traveling companion I should in all probability learn that his features were very indistinct; he probably wore dark glasses, perhaps also a beard, a heavy coat -- an ulster, most likely -- and no doubt also a scarf wound tightly about his neck and chin.”
“I hardened my heart, and took the smoke-rocket from under my ulster.”
“I ordered her to say nothing, but to get a few things packed and my ulster ready.”
“There were several people on the pavement at the time, but the greeting appeared to come from a slim youth in an ulster who had hurried by.”
“Her pro - longed absence having caused some comment, her father followed her, but learned from her maid that she had only come up to her chamber for an instant, caught up an ulster and bonnet, and hurried down to the passage.”
“But this maid, Alice, as I understand, deposes that she went to her room, covered her bride's dress with a long ulster, put on a bonnet, and went out.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ulster’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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A Sequel to 250 Spelling Words
Words to quiz the intermediate and advanced speller alike
sinopia, replevin, lathee, hoisin, kerygma, czardas, amoxicillin, talipes, simoleon, hypermnesia, anodyne, mystique and 238 more...
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Steroids
Nouns that end in "ster". The -er suffix (as in blaster) doesn't count.
hamster, filibuster, aster, master, mister, baluster, banister, barrister, monster, plaster, semester, bister and 56 more...
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Well-known places you've never heard of
A list of place names that don't look anything like their English equivalents.
Please only post names used by natives of that place! (Otherwise this list will get crazy long!)suomi, magyarország, krung thep mahana..., bod, miṣr, zh�?ngguó, cymru, sakartvelo, hrvatska, crna gora, aotearoa, apsny and 38 more...
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 more...
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theastic's Words
cellar, stalemate, wrought, opal, tyrant, squelch, squab, linen, tartan, paisley, scope, siren and 395 more...
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heart of darkness
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Hampsteader's list
Just some words i like . . .
bilkirkegaard, frost, flaxen, snow, quoin, quern, westering, deer, antler, solstice, autumn, autumnal and 114 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1406 more...
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Heart of Darkness
My word list from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
pacifically, trireme, concertina, sententiously, alienist, rapacious, lugubrious, moribund, prevaricator, sepulchral, assegai, declivity and 9 more...
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Heart of Darkness and Other Tales
Words gathered while reading works of Joseph Conrad.
gnomically, inarticulacy, emendation, palaver, aldermanic, calabash, opprobrious, immure, sea-reach, architecturally, mizzen, illusoriness and 60 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ulster.
dailyword Holmes would wear this sometimes. Jun 22, 2012
seanahan Plus one for John for quoting Gatsby. Jul 6, 2007
john "It was Gatsby’s father, a solemn old man, very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster against the warm September day." Jul 6, 2007
sionnach Yeah, the brother-in-law had one o'them bleedin' ulsters somethin' shocking. Wasn't he after perforating it at Thanksgiving with that last piece o pie. But then they put him on this new purple pill, pravapriloprazosexycontin, and there hasn't been a bit of trouble. Though the sister tells me that they're after showing that ulsters came from Australia with those flesh-eating bird bacteria and so tis really an antibiotic he should be taking. Mar 15, 2007
knitandpurl "The modern tenant may take in all the magazines, but he bends not the bow of Achilles. He occupies the place, but he does n't fill it, and he has guests from the neighbouring inns with ulsters and Baedekers." (p 46) Mar 14, 2007