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Win en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Clipping of Winchester.

Meanings

1. (colloquial) A Winchester firearm.
   • Pre-64 Win has a heritage that can't be beat. For me, it's Rems for prarie dogs and paper, Wins (or 1917 Enfields) for stuff that wants to stomp you into a greasy spot on the tundra. 1997 December 23, Marcus [username], “Re: New Pre '64 or 700 action?”, in rec.guns (Usenet):

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Win en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Clipping of Windows.

Meanings

1. Windows, an operating system family developed by Microsoft.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, clipping) Clipping of Windows key.
   alt of Windows key

Deriveds

WinVNC · Win11 · Win32 · Win8 · Winsock · Winkey · WinMe · Win64 · WinXP · Win10 · WinNT · Win16 · WinRT · Winmodem · WinJS · Win7 · Win2000

Win en · PROPN · etymology 3

Etymology

Clipping of Winifred.

Meanings

1. A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.

Win en · PROPN · etymology 4

Etymology

Clipping of Winston.

Meanings

1. A diminutive of the male given name Winston.
   • Winston Piper didn't look right to her in what she thought of as Flaherty's office. […] “My friends call me Win,” he said. “No need for formality.” ¶ “Sure, Win.” He's hinting. 1994, Robert B. Parker, All Our Yesterdays, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 449:

Win en · PROPN · etymology 5

Etymology

Borrowing from Burmese ဝင်း (wang:)

Meanings

1. A surname.

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