Winchester
a city in Hampshire, in S England: cathedral; capital of the early Wessex kingdom and of medieval England.
a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
a city in N Virginia: Civil War battles 1862, 1864.
a city in E central Kentucky.
a town in NW Connecticut.
Computers. Winchester disk.
Words Nearby Winchester
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use Winchester in a sentence
She collaborated with a local Massachusetts store called Bespoke of Winchester to design her home kitchen in exchange for promoting the shop on Instagram to her 28,000 followers.
He said Winchester reached into his pocket, “pulled out his last dollar and a few pennies,” and handed them over.
Longtime worker at Frager’s Ace Hardware fatally shot on Memorial Day | Peter Hermann | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostWinchester had turned 40 two days before Memorial Day, and his mother, who now lives in Prince George’s County, had made him dinner.
Longtime worker at Frager’s Ace Hardware fatally shot on Memorial Day | Peter Hermann | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostHis girlfriend of 13 years, Shamara Baylor, 35, said Winchester was best friends with their son, who turned 2 on May 17.
Longtime worker at Frager’s Ace Hardware fatally shot on Memorial Day | Peter Hermann | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostAvailable in Virginia at the Town Duck in Warrenton, Wine Mill in Winchester.
Toast la dolce vita at brunch by popping open this bottled Bellini cocktail | Dave McIntyre | April 9, 2021 | Washington Post
(Rioters) were building a barricade across Winchester Street and looking for material.
Frat Culture Clashes With Riot Police at Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Festival | Melanie Plenda | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut what happens at Winchester University is a microcosm of the cruel world beyond its be-crested gates.
‘Dear White People’ Is the Race Movie America Didn’t Know It Needed | Rawiya Kameir | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlfred The Great, who was described by historians as “the most perfect character in history,” died in Winchester in 899 AD.
Scientists Find Remains of Alfred The Great Or King Edward The Elder | Nico Hines | January 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Simon Winchester, the prolific British-born author who became an American citizen in 2011, tried to re-write it.
The Man Who Made America: Simone Winchester Talks New Book | Eric Herschthal | October 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen historian Simon Winchester became American, he decided to set out to understand how the country developed.
The Man Who Made America: Simone Winchester Talks New Book | Eric Herschthal | October 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom an historical point of view, no town in the Kingdom surpasses the proud old city of Winchester.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyBut we may not pause long to tell the story of even Winchester Cathedral in this hasty record of a motor flight through Britain.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThere is much else in Winchester, though the cathedral and its associations may overshadow everything.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyA day might well be given to the vicinity of Winchester, which teems with points of literary and historic interest.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyTwo weeks later he reached Winchester, after having made the dangerous crossing of the unbridged Shenandoah River.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for winchester (1 of 2)
/ (ˈwɪntʃɪstə) /
(sometimes capital) a large cylindrical bottle with a narrow neck used for transporting chemicals. It contains about 2.5 litres
Origin of winchester
1British Dictionary definitions for Winchester (2 of 2)
/ (ˈwɪntʃɪstə) /
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)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse