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Windsor

[ win-zer ]

noun

  1. (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( def 1 ).
  2. Duke of. Edward VIII.
  3. Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, 1896–1986, U.S. socialite: wife of Edward VIII of England, who abdicated the throne to marry her.
  4. Official_name Windsor and Maidenhead. a city in E Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames: the site of the residence Windsor Castle of English sovereigns since William the Conqueror.
  5. a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada, opposite Detroit, Michigan.
  6. a town in N central Connecticut.


Windsor

1

/ ˈwɪnzə /

noun

  1. the official name of the British royal family from 1917
  2. Duke of Windsor
    Duke of Windsor WindsorDuke of the title, from 1937, of Edward VIII


Windsor

2

/ ˈwɪnzə /

noun

  1. a town in S England, in Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority, Berkshire, on the River Thames, linked by bridge with Eton: site of Windsor Castle , residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror; Old Windsor , royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, is 3 km (2 miles) southeast. Pop: 26 747 (2001 est) Official nameNew Windsor
  2. a city in SE Canada, in S Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit: motor-vehicle manufacturing; university (1963). Pop: 208 402 (2001)

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Example Sentences

He is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.

But Sarah Ferguson still lives in the family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, when she is in the U.K.

As I noted in May, the Windsor opinion is actually much narrower than the cases that have followed in its midst.

A caravan from Windsor, Ontario across the river recently delivered a couple of hundred gallons to needy customers.

It has been called the “golden hem of Windsor”: whatever George or Kate wears instantly sells out.

In Windsor Park, 960 trees were blown down and more than a thousand damaged; 146 shipwrecks occurred on the coasts.

He was charged, he said, with a message to her from her mother, who was then lying on a sick bed at Windsor.

A broad road leads from Windsor to Oxford; it is almost straight and without hills of consequence.

Obeying orders to fall back to Windsor, the picket companies acted as rear guard.

When the day broke, the pirate was not to be discovered in any quarter of the horizon from the mast-head of the Windsor Castle.

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