Winthrop

[ win-thruhp ]

noun

1. John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
2. his son John, 1606–76, English colonist in America: colonial governor of Connecticut 1657, 1659–76.
3. John or Fitz-John [fits, -, jon], 1638–1707, American soldier and statesman: colonial governor of Connecticut 1698–1707 (son of the younger John Winthrop).
4. John, 1714–79, American astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.
5. Robert Charles, 1809–94, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1847–49.
6. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
7. a male given name.

Winthrop

/ ˈwɪnˌθrɒp /

noun

1. WinthropJohn15881649MEnglishLAW: lawyerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: colonist John. 1588–1649, English lawyer and colonist, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony: the leading figure among the Puritan settlers of New England
2. WinthropJohn16061676MEnglishLAW: lawyerTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: colonist his son, John. 1606–76, English lawyer and colonist; a founder of Agawan (now Ipswich), Massachusetts; governor of Connecticut

Example Sentences

Adding irony to that irony, when Stefanik was a Harvard undergraduate from 2002 to 2006, she lived in the college's Winthrop House, named for John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who oversaw its public celebration of Puritans' genocidal assaults on the indigenous Pequot people.

From Salon

Other governors who have done what Brown and Ryan did, and what Biden should do, include Lee Cruce, governor of Oklahoma from 1911–1915, Winthrop Rockefeller, governor of Arkansas from 1966–1970, and Tony Anaya, governor of New Mexico from 1982–1986.

From Slate

As an undergraduate, Stefanik lived in Harvard’s Winthrop House, named partly for John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who organized its public celebration of the genocide of the Pequots.

From Salon

That doesn’t cancel out the historical reality that Winthrop, Mather and other English settlers who founded Harvard and our republic were as genocidal as the biblical Hebrews they self-consciously modeled themselves upon.

From Salon

Woodard was also the head coach at Winthrop for three-plus seasons from 2017-20.

From Seattle Times