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.
after Winchester, Hampshire
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The family did not attend the eight-minute hearing in Winchester.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
"Those like me, who hold to the historic teaching, also feel that pain, and all groups need to be recognised," said Simon Clift, a lay member of Synod from Winchester.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
One is the Winchester Mystery House, a 160-room mansion the widow of the Winchester rifle company founder kept expanding over a century ago reportedly to appease spirits of the gun’s victims.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Half of the one-storey building is alight, LFB said, and Adelaide Road is closed between Winchester Road and Haverstock Hill.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
I wasn’t ready to buy a gun of my own, so Angelo had borrowed a fairly basic pump-action rifle, a .270 Winchester.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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