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

Example Sentences

Drive up the A34 road from Alfred the Great’s capital at Winchester to Oxford and you trace the forgotten spine of an older England, with stretches stiffened by Roman roads.

From The Wall Street Journal

Seven men and three women are on trial at Winchester Crown Court.

From BBC

He describes his characters - Andrew Winchester in The Housemaid and Atlas Corrigan in It Ends With Us - as "polar opposites".

From BBC

When Millie moves into the maid’s quarters in the attic, she discovers that the Winchester home isn’t as picture-perfect as it seemed.

From Los Angeles Times

Recorder of Winchester Judge Angela Morris thanked the jury as she dismissed them from the court after the verdicts were returned.

From BBC