Winchester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).
The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.
Senses: glosses: A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.
A local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester.
glosses: A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.
Ellipsis of Winchester College, a prestigious public school in Winchester.
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A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
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A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
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A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
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An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
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A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
examples: text: Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.
ref: 2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025:
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A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
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A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
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A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.
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An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
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A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
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A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
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A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
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A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.
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A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
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A small town in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Deloraine-Winchester
Winchester bushel
Winchester disk
Winchester fives
Winchester football
Winchester gallon
Winchester game
Winchester goose
Winchester measure
Winchester quart
Winchester shirt
Winchester syndrome
Related terms: Wykehamist