Windsor

[ win-zer ]

noun

1. (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( def 1 ).
2. Duke of. Edward VIII.
3. 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.
4. Official_name Windsor and Maidenhead. a city in E Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames: the site of the residence Windsor Castle of English sovereigns since William the Conqueror.
5. a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada, opposite Detroit, Michigan.
6. a town in N central Connecticut.

Windsor

¹

/ ˈwɪnzə /

noun

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

Windsor

²

/ ˈwɪnzə /

noun

1. the official name of the British royal family from 1917
2. Duke of Windsor
   WindsorDuke of the title, from 1937, of Edward VIII

Example Sentences

A pass-through townAlmost nobody sees Windsor in its best light.

From Washington Post

Traffic fines account for about 6 percent, or $120,000, of Windsor’s current-year budget.

From 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.

From Washington Post

It leads to the kind of exchange that unfolded in the bright lights of a gas station in Windsor last year.

From Washington Post

This is about entitlement and arrogance, perfectly embodied by Windsor’s disgraced former police chief, Arlis “Vic” Reynolds.

From 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 The Daily Beast

But Sarah Ferguson still lives in the family home, Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, when she is in the U.K.

From The Daily Beast

As I noted in May, the Windsor opinion is actually much narrower than the cases that have followed in its midst.

From The Daily Beast

A caravan from Windsor, Ontario across the river recently delivered a couple of hundred gallons to needy customers.

From The Daily Beast

It has been called the “golden hem of Windsor”: whatever George or Kate wears instantly sells out.

From The Daily Beast

In Windsor Park, 960 trees were blown down and more than a thousand damaged; 146 shipwrecks occurred on the coasts.

From Project Gutenberg

He was charged, he said, with a message to her from her mother, who was then lying on a sick bed at Windsor.

From Project Gutenberg

A broad road leads from Windsor to Oxford; it is almost straight and without hills of consequence.

From Project Gutenberg

Obeying orders to fall back to Windsor, the picket companies acted as rear guard.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg