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Windsor¹ Definition

Wind·sor (win′zər)

noun

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

Windsor² Definition

Wind·sor (win′zər)

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

Windsor³ Definition

Wind·sor (win′zər)

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

  2. Etymology: after the city in England

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

Windsor Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • linen: Of windsor linen more than million later became known.
  • castle: Images of windsor castle official residence of the queen.

Noun used with modifier

  • villa: Tournament's final table with heavy carpets villa windsor the the holy grail.
Windsor Quotes

So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? Where I in lust and joy With a king's son my childish years did pass In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy.

—Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of

The healthiest situation in England, on Easthampstead Plain. Free run of Windsor Forest. TheTimes every morning. A double-barrelled gun and pointers, and leave to shoot three Wellington College boys a week (not more) in case black game was scarce.

—Kingsley, Charles

'Ave you 'eard o'the Widow at Windsor With a hairy gold crown on 'er 'ead? She 'as ships on the foamöshe 'as millions at 'ome, An'she pays us poor beggars in red.

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard