Windsor

(winzər)

noun

name of the ruling family of Great Britain since 1917, when the name was officially changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Windsor, Duke of (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David) 1894-1972; king of England, as Edward VIII (1936): abdicated: son of George V

  1. city in Berkshire, SE England, on the Thames, just west of London: site of Windsor Castle: county district pop. 132,000
    official name New Windsor
  2. Origin: after the city in England

    port in SE Ontario, Canada, opposite Detroit: pop. 198,000

See Windsor in American Heritage Dictionary 4

Ruling house of Great Britain (since 1917), including George V, who adopted the name Windsor in 1917, and his descendants Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II.

  1. A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, on the Detroit River opposite Detroit, Michigan. Settled by the French after 1701, it is a port of entry and an industrial center. Population: 216,000.
  2. A municipal borough of south-central England on the Thames River southwest of London. Windsor Castle has been a royal residence since the time of William the Conqueror. Population: 29,700.

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, Wallis Warfield. Duchess of Windsor. 1896-1986.

American divorcée who married the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII of England, in 1937.

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