Winchester

See also: winchester

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Winchester

1. A city 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 city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois, United States.
   2. A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States.
   3. A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee, United States.
   4. A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia, United States.
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

county town in England

• Arabic: ونشستر
• Armenian: Վինչեսթեր (Vinčʻestʻer)
• 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)
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• Korean: 윈체스터 (wincheseuteo)
• Latin: Venta Belgarum f, Wintonia f
• Latvian: Vinčestera f
• Lithuanian: Vinčesteris m
• Marathi: विंचेस्टर n (viṃcesṭara)
• Norman: Ouînchêtre
• Old French: Guincestre
• Persian: وینچستر
• Russian: Винче́стер m (Vinčéster), Ви́нчестер m (Vínčestɛr)
• Telugu: వించెస్టర్ (viñcesṭar)
• Thai: วินเชสเตอร์
• Ukrainian: Вінчестер m (Vinčester)
• Urdu: ونچیسٹر
• Welsh: Caerwynt f
• West Frisian: Winsjester

See also

• Wykehamist

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 […]

Derived terms

• Win

Descendants

• Hungarian: vincseszter
• Russian: винчестер (vinčester)

Further reading

• Winchester on Wikipedia.Wikipedia