Winchester
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Winchester
- /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/
- /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/
Where it comes from
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 after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.
proper noun
- A local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester.
- Ellipsis of Winchester College, a prestigious public school in Winchester.
- A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
- A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
- A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
- A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
- A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. 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.
- A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
- A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
- A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
- A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
- An independent city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
- The First, Second, or Third Battle of Winchester in the American Civil War.
- A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.
- A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
- A small town in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
noun Winchesters
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A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines
"Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.
Similar: Win
- A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
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A hard disk.
And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges[…]
Similar: Winchester disk
- Out of ordinance.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: model, gun, lever-action, carbine, longarm, rifle, firearm, shooting iron, piece, arms, boomstick, long gun, shooter, weapon, repeater, musket
Translations
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name city in England
| 한국어 | 윈체스터 Wincheseuteo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ウィンチェスター Winchesutā |
| 中文 | 温彻斯特 Wēnchèsītè |
| हिन्दी | विंचेस्टर viñcesṭar |
| Français | Vicêtre |
| Русский | Винче́стер Vinčéster, Ви́нчестер Vínčestɛr |
| العربية | وِنْشِسْتَر winšistar |
| עברית | וינצ׳סטר |
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title = {Winchester},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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