Winchester

Winchester

See also: winchester

English

Etymology

From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeastre, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeastre, from Latin castra (“camp”).

The rifle is named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880), for the hard disk see Winchester disk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɪstə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

Winchester

1. A city in and the county town of Hampshire, England.
   1. The City of Winchester, a local government district in Hampshire
2. Any of the towns named after it, including:
   1. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
      2. A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
      3. A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
      4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Van Buren County, Iowa.
      5. A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
      6. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
      7. A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
      8. A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
      9. A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.
      10. An unincorporatedcommunity in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
      11. A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
      12. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
      13. A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
   2. A small town in Timaru District, Canterbury, New Zealand. [1]
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Winchester bushel
• Winchester disk
• Winchester fives
• Winchester football
• Winchester gallon
• Winchester game
• Winchester goose
• Winchester measure
• Winchester quart

Translations

city in England

Arabic: وِنْشِسْتَر‎ (winšistar) Armenian: Վինչեսթեր (Vinčʿestʿer) Azerbaijani: Uinçester Belarusian: Уінчэстэр m (Uinčester) Bulgarian: Уинчестър m (Uinčestǎr) Chinese: Mandarin: 温彻斯特 (Wēnchèsītè) Wu: 温彻斯特 French: Middle French: Wincestre Georgian: უინჩესტერი (uinčesṭeri) Hebrew: וינצ׳סטר‎ Hindi: विंचेस्टर (viñcesṭar) Japanese: ウィンチェスター (Winchesutā) Kannada: ವಿಂಚೆಸ್ಟರ್ (viñcesṭar) Korean: 윈체스터 (Wincheseuteo) Latin: Venta Belgarum f, Wintonia f Latvian: Vinčestera f Lithuanian: Vinčesteris m Macedonian: Ви́нчестер m (Vínčester) Marathi: विंचेस्टर n (viñcesṭar) Middle English: Wynchester Norman: Ouînchêtre Old English: Wintanċeastre Old French: Guincestre Persian: وینچستر‎ Russian: Винче́стер m (Vinčéster), Ви́нчестер m (Vínčestɛr) Telugu: వించెస్టర్ (viñcesṭar) Thai: วินเชสเตอร์ Ukrainian: Вінчестер m (Vinčester) Urdu: ونچیسٹر‎ (viñcesṭar) Welsh: Caerwynt f West Frisian: Winsjester

See also

• Wykehamist

Noun

Winchester (plural Winchesters)

1. A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.

   Synonym: Win

   • H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines

     "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.

   • 2008, James M. Smallwood, The Feud That Wasn't, page 167:

     Almost simultaneously Jim Taylor and Kit Hunter shot at each other with Winchesters.

2. A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
3. (computing, dated) A hard disk.

   Synonym: Winchester disk

   • 1984, PC Mag (volume 3, number 2, 7 February 1984, page 234)

     And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges […]

4. (military, aviation) Out of ordinance.

Derived terms

• Win

Descendants

• Hungarian: vincseszter
• Russian: винчестер (vinčester)

References

1. NZ Topo Map