Winchester Definition

wĭnchĕstər, -chĭ-stər
pronoun

The county town of Hampshire, England; or any of the towns named after it.

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A habitational surname.

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noun
A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
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A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
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(computing, dated) A hard disk.
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Other Word Forms of Winchester

Noun

Singular:
Winchester
Plural:
winchesters

Origin of Winchester

  • From the Old English Wintanceastre.

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Winchester Sentence Examples

  • Pulling his Winchester from a boot attached to the side of the wagon, he walked toward her.

  • The foundation was closely modelled on Winchester College, with its warden and fellows, its grammar and song schoolmasters, but a step in advance was made by the masters being made fellows and so members of the governing body.

  • The whole endowment was in 1535 worth some £ 200 a year, about a fifth of that of Winchester College.

  • On the 18th of July 1542 it was surrendered to Henry VIII., and its possessions granted to Robert Dacres on condition of maintaining the grammar school and paying the master £10 a year, the same salary as the headmasters of Winchester and Eton, and maintaining the almshouse.

  • Richard Andrews, the king's secretary, like Chicheley himself a scholar of Winchester and fellow of New College, was named as first warden.

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