Windsor

[ win-zer ]

/ ˈwɪn zər /

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noun

(since 1917) a member of the present British royal family.Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def. 1).

Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson, 1896–1986, U.S. socialite: wife of Edward VIII of England, who abdicated the throne to marry her.

Official name Windsor and Maidenhead. a city in E Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames: the site of the residence (Windsor Castle ) of English sovereigns since William the Conqueror.

a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada, opposite Detroit, Michigan.

a town in N central Connecticut.

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Words nearby Windsor

wind shelf, windshield, windshield wiper, wind ship, windsock, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, Windsor bench, Windsor chair, Windsor, duke of, Windsor knot

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How to use Windsor in a sentence

A pass-through townAlmost nobody sees Windsor in its best light.
Hurting in Windsor: How a viral police pepper-spray incident has illuminated racial tensions in a small Virginia town|Gregory S. Schneider|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
Traffic fines account for about 6 percent, or $120,000, of Windsor’s current-year budget.
Hurting in Windsor: How a viral police pepper-spray incident has illuminated racial tensions in a small Virginia town|Gregory S. Schneider|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
On Wednesday, Windsor’s police chief fired Gutierrez, saying the public reaction to the video was too intense for him to continue in the job.
Caron Nazario saw Eric Garner, who he called ‘uncle,’ die in police hands. Then officers pepper-sprayed him six years later.|John Woodrow Cox, Michael Rosenwald|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
It leads to the kind of exchange that unfolded in the bright lights of a gas station in Windsor last year.
Arrogance and entitlement are the diseases in American policing|Petula Dvorak|April 12, 2021|Washington Post

This is about entitlement and arrogance, perfectly embodied by Windsor’s disgraced former police chief, Arlis “Vic” Reynolds.
Arrogance and entitlement are the diseases in American policing|Petula Dvorak|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
He is expected to spend the next few days closeted with lawyers and advisers at his home, Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park.
From Playboy Prince to Dirty Old Man?|Tom Sykes|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But Sarah Ferguson still lives in the family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, when she is in the U.K.
Fergie Dives Into Prince Andrew’s Sex Scandal|Tom Sykes|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As I noted in May, the Windsor opinion is actually much narrower than the cases that have followed in its midst.
Supreme Court to Gay-Marriage Foes: Get Lost|Jay Michaelson|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A caravan from Windsor, Ontario across the river recently delivered a couple of hundred gallons to needy customers.
Detroit Shuts Off Water to Residents but Not to Businesses Who Owe Millions|Mary M. Chapman|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It has been called the “golden hem of Windsor”: whatever George or Kate wears instantly sells out.
Happy Birthday, Prince George! Will the Wee Royal Be the First King of the 22nd Century?|Emma Woolf|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Windsor Park, 960 trees were blown down and more than a thousand damaged; 146 shipwrecks occurred on the coasts.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
He was charged, he said, with a message to her from her mother, who was then lying on a sick bed at Windsor.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
A broad road leads from Windsor to Oxford; it is almost straight and without hills of consequence.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Obeying orders to fall back to Windsor, the picket companies acted as rear guard.
A Raw Recruit's War Experiences|Ansel D. Nickerson
When the day broke, the pirate was not to be discovered in any quarter of the horizon from the mast-head of the Windsor Castle.
Newton Forster|Captain Frederick Marryat

British Dictionary definitions for Windsor (1 of 2)

Windsor¹

/ (ˈwɪnzə) /

noun

a town in S England, in Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority, Berkshire, on the River Thames, linked by bridge with Eton: site of Windsor Castle, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror; Old Windsor, royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, is 3 km (2 miles) southeast. Pop: 26 747 (2001 est)Official name: New Windsor

a city in SE Canada, in S Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit: motor-vehicle manufacturing; university (1963). Pop: 208 402 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for Windsor (2 of 2)

Windsor²

/ (ˈwɪnzə) /

noun

the official name of the British royal family from 1917

Duke of Windsor the title, from 1937, of Edward VIII

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