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Windsor

wind·sor

UK/ˈwɪndzə/ US/ˈwɪndzɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.
2.

the British royal family since 1917

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • brown Windsor soup
  • East Windsor
  • New Windsor
  • Old Windsor
  • poor knights of Windsor
  • Red Windsor
  • South Windsor
  • West Windsor

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