Churchill

[ chur-chil, -chuhl ]

noun

1. Caryl, born 1938, English playwright and feminist theorist.
2. John, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Corporal John, 1650–1722, British military commander.
3. Lord Randolph (Henry Spencer), 1849–95, British statesman (father of Winston L. S. Churchill).
4. Winston, 1871–1947, U.S. novelist.
5. Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer), 1874–1965, British statesman and author: prime minister 1940–45, 1951–55; Nobel Prize in Literature 1953.
6. Mount, a mountain in S Alaska, in the Wrangell Mountains. 15,638 feet (4,766 meters).
7. a river in Canada, flowing NE from E Saskatchewan through Manitoba to Hudson Bay. About 1,000 miles (1,600 km) long.
8. Also called Churchill River. Formerly Hamilton River. a river in SW Labrador, Newfoundland, in E Canada, flowing SE and N through Lake Melville to the Atlantic Ocean. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
9. a seaport and railway terminus in NE Manitoba, on Hudson Bay at the mouth of this river.

Churchill

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/ ˈtʃɜːtʃɪl /

noun

1. ChurchillCaryl1938MBritishWRITING: playwright Caryl. born 1938, British playwright; her plays include Cloud Nine (1978), Top Girls (1982), Serious Money (1987), and Far Away (2000)
2. ChurchillCharles17311764MBritishWRITING: poet Charles. 1731–64, British poet, noted for his polemical satires. His works include The Rosciad (1761) and The Prophecy of Famine (1763)
3. See Marlborough
   John. See (1st Duke of) Marlborough 2
4. ChurchillRandolph, Lord18491895MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman Lord Randolph. 1849–95, British Conservative politician: secretary of state for India (1885–86) and chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons (1886)
5. ChurchillSir Winston (Leonard Spencer)18741965MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime ministerWRITING: writerPOLITICS: orator his son, Sir Winston ( Leonard Spencer ). 1874–1965, British Conservative statesman, orator, and writer, noted for his leadership during World War II. He held various posts under both Conservative and Liberal governments, including 1st Lord of the Admiralty (1911–15), before becoming prime minister (1940–45; 1951–55). His writings include The World Crisis (1923–29), Marlborough (1933–38), The Second World War (1948–54), and History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956–58): Nobel prize for literature 1953

Churchill

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/ ˈtʃɜːtʃɪl /

noun

1. a river in E Canada, rising in SE Labrador and flowing north and southeast over Churchill Falls, then east to the Atlantic. Length: about 1000 km (600 miles) Former nameHamilton River
2. a river in central Canada, rising in NW Saskatchewan and flowing east through several lakes to Hudson Bay. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)

Example Sentences

Jennie met Randolph Churchill in 1873 at a ball; three days later they were engaged.

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Jennie Jerome, who went on to become Lady Randolph Churchill, was born in Brooklyn in 1854.

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Following her upbringing at Chartwell, the Churchill family home in Kent, Mary Soames, according to Emma Soames, had “a good war.”

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But perhaps the most spectacular lot in the sale is a silver jug, a birthday present to Churchill from his War Cabinet in 1942.

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Artists and Churchill, in the right circumstances, got on like a house on fire.

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But Churchill did not do this, and thence has arisen an ineffaceable blot on his memory.

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Churchill had not been long in Flanders, before his talents and gallantry won for him deserved distinction.

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To bind young Churchill to secrecy was easy; he was naturally cunning, and the prize he sought was slippery.

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But she was inordinately attached to Lady Churchill, who held a high post of honor and emolument in her household.

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Lady Churchill was also at that time a moderate Tory, and fanned the prejudices of her mistress.

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