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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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In a police interview played at Winchester Crown Court, Joanne Young said she was restrained when she felt a hand on her wrist which she believed did not belong to her now ex-husband Philip Young.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

A full inquest into the death of Nowak is due to open at Winchester Coroner's Court with a jury on 20 September 2027.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

She blew Magdalys a kiss and then set about loading the Winchester she was carrying.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

"I takes it," he says, when he's able to command his feelin's, "that you declines them proffers with your winchester at the time when made."

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton

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

This condition made me bolder and encouraged me to make a more critical inspection of his wardrobe than I would have done if he had his winchester near at hand.

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

Havin' conclooded this yere salootatory, Miss Bark, givin' a coquettish flourish to her 68 winchester, goes trapsein' over to the O. K. Restauraw, leavin' us––as the story-writer puts it––glooed to the spot.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by W. Herbert Dunton

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