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Church·ill (c̸hʉr′c̸hil)

  1. Churchill, Lord Randolph (Henry Spencer) 1849-95; Brit. statesman
  2. (c̸hʉr′c̸hil)
    Churchill, Winston (win′stən) 1871-1947; U.S. novelist
  3. Churchill, Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) 1874-1965; Brit. statesman & writer: prime minister (1940-45; 1951-55): son of Lord Randolph

Related Forms:

  • Churchillian Churchill·ian (c̸hʉr c̸hil′ē ən) adjective
Churchill2 definition

Church·ill (c̸hʉr′c̸hil)

  1. river in Canada flowing from N Saskatchewan eastward through N Manitoba into Hudson Bay: c. 1,000 mi (1,609 km)
  2. river in S Labrador, Canada, flowing east to the Atlantic Ocean: c. 600 mi (966 km) long

Etymology: after John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, gov. of Hudson Bay Co. (1685-91)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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