Winchester

/ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/

Winchester proper noun: a local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester. Also the ellipsis of Winchester College.

Proper noun

Winchester

A local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester.
A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
A town in Litchfield County, Connecticut.
A city, the county seat of Scott County, Illinois.
A city in White River Township, the county seat of Randolph County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
A home rule city, the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky.
A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025
A township in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Winchester, Iowa.
A census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
A township and village therein, in Adams County, Ohio, named after Winchester, Virginia.

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An unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio.
A ghost town in Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio.
A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Tennessee.
A city, the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia.
The First, Second, or Third Battle of Winchester in the American Civil War.
A former rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada, now part of Deloraine-Winchester.
A village in North Dundas township, eastern Ontario, Canada.
A small town in Timaru district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
A habitational surname from Old English.

Noun

Winchester (plural Winchesters)

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.
- Almost simultaneously Jim Taylor and Kit Hunter shot at each other with Winchesters.2008, James M. Smallwood, The Feud That Wasn't, page 167
Synonyms:

Win
A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
(dated) A hard disk.
- And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges[…]1984 February 7, PC Mag, volume 3, number 2, page 234
Synonyms:

Winchester disk
Out of ordinance.

Also used as

Winchester is also the ellipsis of Winchester College.

Winchester meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

Winchester in Hindi

city in England: विंचेस्टर viñcesṭar

Winchester in Marathi

city in England: विंचेस्टर viñcesṭar

Winchester in Urdu

city in England: ونچیسٹر viñcesṭar

Winchester in Telugu

city in England: వించెస్టర్ viñcesṭar

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Winchester in Kannada: ವಿಂಚೆಸ್ಟರ್ viñcesṭar
Winchester in Arabic: وِنْشِسْتَر winšistar
Winchester in Persian: وینچستر
Winchester in Thai: วินเชสเตอร์

Synonyms of Winchester

Forms of Winchester

plural	Winchesters

Origin of Winchester

From Middle English Wynchester, Winchestre, from Old English Wintanċeaster, from Latin Venta Belgārum (literally “Venta of the Belgae”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *wentā (“town, place”), Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place (?)”) + Old English ċeaster, from Latin castra (“camp”). The bottle is named for the former customary units of the English city. The rifle is named after American businessman Oliver Winchester (1810–1880). The computer disk is named for the rifle.

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Questions about Winchester

What does Winchester mean?: Winchester means a local government district with borough status in Hampshire; in full, the City of Winchester.
What is Winchester in Hindi?: Winchester in Hindi is विंचेस्टर (viñcesṭar). See Winchester meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Winchester?: Winchester can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Winchester?: Winchester is pronounced /ˈwɪnt͡ʃɛstə(ɹ)/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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