English Explanatory Dictionary

Windsor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, famous for Windsor Castle. See Windsor, Berkshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  2. Other places in England, besides the famous Windsor in Berkshire:
  3. A hamlet in Polperro parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1851).
  4. A neighbourhood of Crowle, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7612).
  5. Several places in Australia:
  6. A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  7. An inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  8. A locality in South Australia.
  9. An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  10. Several places in Canada:
  11. A former town on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now part of the town of Grand Falls-Windsor.
  12. A community in Hants County, Nova Scotia.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɪndzɚ/ /ˈwɪndzə/ en-ca-Windsor.oga

Word forms

Windsor Windsore

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.

Synonyms

New Windsor

Derived words

brown Windsor soup East Windsor full-Windsor half-Windsor Mountbatten-Windsor New Windsor Old Windsor poor knights of Windsor Red Windsor South Windsor West Windsor Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor bean Windsor blue Windsor chair Windsor County Windsor Downs Windsorian Windsor Locks Windsor soap Windsor soup
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