Definitions for WINCHESTER
ˈwɪnˌtʃɛs tər, -tʃə stərwin·ches·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Winchesternoun

   a city in southern England; administrative center of Hampshire

2. Winchesternoun

   a shoulder rifle

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Winchesternoun

   The county town of Hampshire, England; or any of the towns named after it.

2. Winchesternoun

   Usual shortened form for Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.

3. Winchesternoun

   A bottle holding a Winchester quart.

4. Etymology: From the Wintanceastre.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Winchester

   Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, at the western end of the South Downs National Park, on the River Itchen. It is 60 miles (97 km) south-west of London and 14 miles (23 km) from Southampton, its nearest city. At the 2011 census, Winchester had a population of 45,184. The wider City of Winchester district, which includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop's Waltham, has a population of 116,595. Winchester is the county town of Hampshire and contains the head offices of Hampshire County Council. Winchester developed from the Roman town of Venta Belgarum, which in turn developed from an Iron Age oppidum. Winchester was one of the most important cities in England until the Norman conquest in the eleventh century. It has since become one of the most expensive and affluent areas in the United Kingdom. The city's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral. The city is also home to the University of Winchester and Winchester College, the oldest public school in the United Kingdom still using its original buildings.

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1. winchester

   Winchester has several potential meanings: 1) A city in England that is known for its historic cathedral and is located in the county of Hampshire. 2) A brand of firearms and ammunition originally from Winchester Repeating Arms Company. 3) A type of hard disk drive technology and design, named after the Winchester Arms Company because originally "30-30" was used to describe it representing the 30MB storage and 30 millisecond access time. 4) A fictional family name, famous from the TV show "Supernatural", following the characters Sam and Dean Winchester. 5) A person's name. Your context will determine which Winchester you're referring to.

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1. Winchester

   Winchester is a historic city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of the River Itchen. At the time of the 2001 Census, Winchester had a population of 41,420. Winchester developed from the Roman town of Venta Belgarum, which developed from an Iron Age oppidum. Winchester's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral, one of the largest cathedrals in Europe, with the distinction of having the longest nave and overall length of all Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The city is also home to the University of Winchester and the famous public school, Winchester College. The city's architectural and historic interest, and its fast links to other towns and cities have led Winchester to become one of the most expensive and desirable areas of the country. A person who is from or resides in Winchester is sometimes locally known as a Wintonian.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Winchester

   an ancient city of Hampshire, and the county town, 60 m. SW. of London, on the right bank of the Itchen; is a cathedral city, with a noted large public school; was at one time the capital of England; the cathedral dates from the 11th century, but it has subsequently undergone considerable extensions and alterations; the school was founded by William of Wykeham in 1387.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Winchester

   Informal generic term for sealed-enclosure magnetic-disk drives in which the read-write head planes over the disk surface on an air cushion. There is a legend that the name arose because the original 1973 engineering prototype for what later became the IBM 3340 featured two 30-megabyte volumes; 30--30 became ‘Winchester’ when somebody noticed the similarity to the common term for a famous Winchester rifle (in the latter, the first 30 referred to caliber and the second to the grain weight of the charge). (It is sometimes incorrectly claimed that Winchester was the laboratory in which the technology was developed.)

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. winchester

   (Rom. Venta Belgarum). A town of England, capital of Hampshire. It is a very ancient town, whose erection may reasonably be ascribed to the Celtic Britons. It was taken by the Saxons in 495, and by the Danes in 871-73; and was ravaged by Sweyn in 1013. Winchester was several times taken and retaken between 1641 and 1643; it was taken by Cromwell, and the castle dismantled in 1645.

2. winchester

   A city and capital of Frederick Co., Va., in the valley of the Shenandoah, 150 miles north-northwest of Richmond, 71 miles west by north from Washington. On March 12, 1862, it was occupied by the Federal general Banks, and during the war was the scene of frequent conflicts, and occupied in turn by the Federal and Confederate armies.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Winchester

   Inhabited by the Belgæ, this stronghold, called by them Cær-Gwent, “fortified enclosure on the plain,” was after the Roman invasion made a great centre of military activity under the Latinised name of Venta Belgarum, which the West Saxons changed into Wintancæstre, “the camp town of the Winte,” whence its modern name has been derived.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WINCHESTER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Winchester is ranked #3413 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Winchester surname appeared 10,480 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Winchester.
   
   78.1% or 8,192 total occurrences were White.
   15.4% or 1,623 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 245 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 224 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 113 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.7% or 83 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Hampshire
   • City
   • Rifle

Anagrams for WINCHESTER »

1. trenchwise

How to pronounce WINCHESTER?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of WINCHESTER in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of WINCHESTER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of WINCHESTER in a Sentence

1. Sheryl Craig:

   I assume it would be impossible to prove the cause of death without examining Jane Austen body, and Jane Austen body's extremely unlikely to happen. Jane Austen's buried in the floor of Winchester Cathedral.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=WINCHESTER
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Winchester
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=WINCHESTER
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Winchester
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Winchester
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=WINCHESTER
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html