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Winchester en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(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 after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

Meanings

  1. A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
    • Almost simultaneously Jim Taylor and Kit Hunter shot at each other with Winchesters. 2008, James M. Smallwood, The Feud That Wasn't, page 167:
    • H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.
  2. A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
  3. (dated) A hard disk.
    • And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges[…] 1984 February 7, PC Mag, volume 3, number 2, page 234:
  4. Out of ordinance.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Winchesters Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Win

Descendants

винчестер · Bicêtre · vincseszter

Synonyms

Winchester disk · Win

Winchester en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(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 after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

Meanings

  1. 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.
  2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England. ▸ Ellipsis of Winchester College, a prestigious public school in Winchester.
  3. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
  4. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  5. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
  6. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
  7. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
  8. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
  9. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ 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. 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:
  10. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
  11. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
  12. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
  13. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.
  14. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
  15. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
  16. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
  17. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
  18. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia. ▸ The First, Second, or Third Battle of Winchester in the American Civil War.
  19. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.
  20. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
  21. Any of the towns named after it, including: ▸ A small town in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
  22. A habitational surname from Old English.

Deriveds

Winchester bushel · Winchester quart · Winchester measure · Winchester football · Wincest · Winchester goose · Deloraine-Winchester · Winchester game · Winchester disk · Winchester syndrome · Winchester fives · Winchester gallon · Winchester shirt

Relateds

Wykehamist

Translations (35)

kn ವಿಂಚೆಸ್ಟರ್ (city in England) · hi विंचेस्टर (city in England) · la Venta Belgārum (city in England) · lv Vinčestera (city in England) · fa وینچستر (city in England) · az Uinçester (city in England) · ka უინჩესტერი (city in England) · ko 윈체스터 (city in England) · wuu 温彻斯特 (city in England) · tr Winchester (city in England) · cy Caerwynt (city in England) · mk Ви́нчестер (city in England) · fro Guincestre (city in England) · ar وِنْشِسْتَر (city in England) · ru Ви́нчестер (city in England) · he וינצ׳סטר (city in England) · fy Winsjester (city in England) · frm Wincestre (city in England) · ur ونچیسٹر (city in England) · hy Վինչեսթեր (city in England) · bg Уинчестър (city in England) · ang Wintanċeastre (city in England) · th วินเชสเตอร์ (city in England) · lt Vinčesteris (city in England) · te వించెస్టర్ (city in England) · mr विंचेस्टर (city in England) · ja ウィンチェスター (city in England) · fr Vicêtre (city in England) · be Уінчэстэр (city in England) · uk Вінчестер (city in England) · la Wintonia (city in England) · nrf Ouînchêtre (city in England) · enm Wynchester (city in England) · ru Винче́стер (city in England) · cmn 温彻斯特 (city in England)