Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A historical region of southeast Ireland. Its wealth and accessibility made it an early prey to Danish and Anglo-Norman invasions.
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- proper noun The most populated province in
Ireland .
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Examples
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As David Hartwell recently observed, “In a parallel world, Murray Leinster is as famous as Robert A.Heinlein.
Archive 2010-02-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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Declan Kidney, the Ireland coach, has signalled that there will be no detour from the route he has mapped out for his team in the run-up to next year's World Cup, recalling the Leinster fly-half Jonathan Sexton to the side to meet the world's No1 team, the All Blacks, on Saturday.
Jonathan Sexton preferred to Ronan O'Gara for Ireland's All Blacks test Mike Averis 2010
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It was much the same in that part of Ireland now called Leinster, there the Danes murdered and burnt the priests alive in their own churches; they carried destruction along with them wherever they went, sparing neither age nor sex, but the clergy were the most obnoxious to them, because they ridiculed their idolatry, and persuaded their people to have nothing to do with them.
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Laudabiliter in the Book of Leinster, which is by far the most important piece of evidence bearing on the question.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Oct. 10 -- "Leinster," passenger steamer, sunk in Irish Channel by submarine; 480 lives lost; final German atrocity at sea.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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But almost certainly the teams who get through by that route will find themselves playing away against sides such as Leinster,
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But almost certainly the teams who get through by that route will find themselves playing away against sides such as Leinster,
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But almost certainly the teams who get through by that route will find themselves playing away against sides such as Leinster,
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I've just returned from a six day shutdown in Leinster which is 370 km north of Kalgoorlie.
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Sean O'Brien attacks for Leinster against Northampton in the Heineken Cup final.
Sean O'Brien of Leinster named European player of the year 2011
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