English Explanatory Dictionary

Mountbatten-Windsor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The regnant branch of the House of Windsor, the ruling house of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. It is itself a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, though Windsor is not the senior branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
  2. A British surname, used by line issuing forth from the union of Elizabeth II and Philip.

Word forms

Mountbatten-Windsor Mountbatten-Windsors

Etymology

Mountbatten + Windsor. From the maiden surname, Windsor, of Queen Elizabeth II, the queen-regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and the surname of her husband, Mountbatten, the prince-consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Greece and Denmark.

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