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Winchester

Winchester

See also: winchester

English

Proper noun

Winchester

  1. A city and the county town of Hampshire, England; or any of the towns named after it.
  2. A habitational surname.

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Noun

Winchester (plural Winchesters)

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

winchester

winchester

See also: Winchester

French

Noun

winchester f (plural winchesters)

  1. Winchester (rifle)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Winchester.

Noun

winchester m (plural winchesteres)

  1. Winchester (rifle)

Usage notes

  • often, but not always, capitalized as Winchester
  • occasionally found as a feminine noun