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  Winchester

  noun

  a city in Hampshire, in S England: cathedral; capital of the early Wessex kingdom and of medieval England.
• winchester
  winchester

  noun

  (sometimes capital) a large cylindrical bottle with a narrow neck used for transporting chemicals. It contains about 2.5 litres

Winchester

American  

[win-ches-ter, -chuh-ster] / ˈwɪnˌtʃɛs tər, -tʃə stər /

noun

1. a city in Hampshire, in S England: cathedral; capital of the early Wessex kingdom and of medieval England.

2. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

3. a city in N Virginia: Civil War battles 1862, 1864.

4. a city in E central Kentucky.

5. a town in NW Connecticut.

6. Winchester rifle.

7. Computers. Winchester disk.

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Winchester ¹ British  

/ ˈwɪntʃɪstə /

noun

1. a city in S England, administrative centre of Hampshire: a Romano-British town; Saxon capital of Wessex; 11th-century cathedral; site of Winchester College (1382), English public school. Pop: 41 420 (2001)

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winchester ² British  

/ ˈwɪntʃɪstə /

noun

1. (sometimes capital) a large cylindrical bottle with a narrow neck used for transporting chemicals. It contains about 2.5 litres

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Etymology

Origin of winchester

after Winchester, Hampshire

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Example Sentences

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Cadent is keeping a road closure in place on Great Winchester Street while engineers complete repairs to the damaged gas pipeline.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Gen. Sterling Winchester, with the California Department of Justice, declined to comment on the agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

She talked to AFP from Winchester, near Southampton, where she was filming a new housing development.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The family did not attend the eight-minute hearing in Winchester.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

He buried his Winchester deer-hunting rifle and a few other possessions that he might one day want to recover.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

After bidding everybody in sight adieu he rode slowly towards the setting sun, the winchester still gripped in his right hand.

From A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Chas. A. Siringo

It should be kept in a stoppered winchester.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer

We were well armed, both having a good winchester and a couple of colts' pistols apiece.

From A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Chas. A. Siringo

I returned to the tent for my winchester, hoping to get a shot at him, but it was of no use, he had gone away.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins

I happened to have my winchester near at hand.

From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins

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