Winchester
pronunciation
How to pronounce Winchester in British English:
UK [ˈwɪntʃɪstə(r)]
How to pronounce Winchester in American English:
US ['wɪntʃɪstər]
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- Noun:
- a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire
- a shoulder rifle
Word Origin
- Winchester
- city in Hampshire, capital of Wessex and later of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Old English Uintancæstir (c.730), from Ouenta (c. 150), from Venta, a pre-Celtic name perhaps meaning "favored or chief place" + Old English ceaster "Roman town" (see Chester). As the name of a kind of breech-loading repeating rifle it is from the name of Oliver F. Winchester (1810-1880), U.S. manufacturer.
Example
- 1. What happened to diane when she left the winchester ?
- 2. One sears store in winchester , virginia , reputedly had fewer than 50 customers using its layaway shelves in december , mainly for clothing and jewellery .
- 3. In the late 19th century , deeply saddened over the death of her husband and daughter , she visited a boston medium who told her she was haunted by the spirits of all the victims of winchester rifles .
- 4. But with the bill not likely to become law for months , planners in winchester and across england are in limbo .
- 5. At that time , only the mesopotamians had made such strides in controlling their rivers , mr winchester says .