Winchester

[ win-ches-ter, -chuh-ster ]

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.

Winchester

¹

/ 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)

winchester

²

/ ˈwɪntʃɪstə /

noun

1. sometimes capital a large cylindrical bottle with a narrow neck used for transporting chemicals. It contains about 2.5 litres

Word History and Origins

Origin of Winchester¹

after Winchester, Hampshire

Example Sentences

The British barrister had moved to Zimbabwe with his wife and four children from Winchester in England in 1984 to work with an evangelistic organisation.

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He singled out boys attending the camps and in sessions at leading public schools, including Winchester College, before taking them to his home and beating them with a garden cane in his shed.

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Winchester College told the BBC it apologises unreservedly for its part in the victim's "terrible experiences".

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It found Smyth identified pupils from leading public schools like Winchester College and took them to his home near Winchester in Hampshire, where he carried out lashings with a garden cane in his shed.

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They were assisted by a crew from Winchester in Hampshire.

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