ulster
/ˈʌlstə/
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Northern Ireland/ˈʌlstəɹ/
ulster noun: a long, loose overcoat made of wool or other rough material, often called a greatcoat, which sometimes features an attached shoulder cape covering the back and sleeves, and which can sometimes be buttoned in front.
Noun (1)
ulster (plural ulsters)
- A long, loose overcoat made of wool or other rough material, often called a greatcoat, which sometimes features an attached shoulder cape covering the back and sleeves, and which can sometimes be buttoned in front.
- “That's queer,” said the Tertium Quid. “Where's my ulster?” “What's queer?” said the Man's Wife. “I have got a chill down my back — just as if a goose had walked over my grave.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “At the Pit's Mouth”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 53
- I hardened my heart and took the smoke-rocket from under my ulster.1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia, Norton, published 2005, page 32
Proper noun capitalized: Ulster
Ulster
- The northern province of Ireland, made up of all six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland.
- The six counties that make up Northern Ireland.
- A county named after the Irish province in New York State: see Ulster County.
- Ulster County saw a smaller, but still dramatic spike in reported cases last year with 419, compared to 351 in 2016. Ulster also largely has seen a decline in the number of annual cases from a high of 778 in 2008 to the low in 2016.2018 August 23, “Lyme diseases cases spiked by 50 percent in Dutchess in 2017”, in Poughkeepsie Journal, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2021
- A township in Floyd County, Iowa, United States.
- A town in Ulster County, New York, United States.
- A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Noun (2) capitalized: Ulster
Ulster (plural Ulsters)
- Alternative letter-case form of ulster (“men's heavy overcoat”).
ulster meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ulster in Hindi
- अल्स्टर
ulster in Tamil
- அல்ஸ்டர்
ulster in Marathi
- अल्स्टर
ulster in Urdu
- السٹر
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- ulster in Bengali
- আলস্টার, উলস্টার
- ulster in Telugu
- అల్స్టర్, ఉల్స్టర్
- ulster in Malayalam
- അൾസ്റ്റർ, അൽസ്റ്റർ, ആൾസ്റ്റർ
- ulster in Kannada
- ಅಲ್ಸ್ಟರ್
- ulster in Punjabi
- ਅਲਸਟਰ, ਉਲਸਟਰ
- ulster in Gujarati
- અલ્સ્ટર, અલ્સટર, આલ્સ્ટર
- ulster in Odia
- ଅଲ୍ଷ୍ଟର, ଅଲ୍ଷ୍ଟର୍, ଅଲ୍ସଟର
- ulster in Nepali
- अल्स्टर, उल्स्टर
Examples of ulster in a sentence
- “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC...
- I’ve left my ulster in the waiting-room,” and hastened off to fetch it.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 97:
Forms of ulster
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ulsters |
| alternative form | Ulster |
| plural | Ulsters |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Ulsther |
Origin of ulster
Named after the Ulster Overcoat Company of Belfast, Northern Ireland (Ulster), the original maker of this type of coat.
Possibly from Old Norse Uladztir, itself from Old Irish Ulaid (“Ulstermen”). More at Ulster.
Words formed from ulster
Phrases with ulster
Questions about ulster
- What does ulster mean?
- Ulster means a long, loose overcoat made of wool or other rough material, often called a greatcoat, which sometimes features an attached shoulder cape covering the back and sleeves, and which can sometimes be buttoned in front.
- What is ulster in Hindi?
- Ulster in Hindi is अल्स्टर. See Ulster meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ulster in a sentence?
- “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
- What part of speech is ulster?
- Ulster can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ulster?
- Ulster is pronounced /ˈʌlstə/.
- What is the plural of ulster?
- The plural of ulster is ulsters.
Words near ulster in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ulster (page history and authors); Ulster (page history and authors); ulster (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ulster (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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