Windsor

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UK/ˈwɪndzə/US/ˈwɪndzɚ/

proper noun

A market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, famous for Windsor Castle. See Windsor, Berkshire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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New WindsorHouse of Windsor
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative obsolete Windsore

  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:
    1. A hamlet in Polperro parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1851).
    2. A neighbourhood of Crowle, North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7612).
  3. Several places in Australia:
    1. A locality in the Hawkesbury council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
    2. A locality in South Australia.
  4. Several places in Canada:
    1. A former town on the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, now part of the town of Grand Falls-Windsor.
    2. A city in Essex County, Ontario, famous for its auto industry. See Windsor, Ontario on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    3. A town in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
  5. Several places in the United States:
    1. A home rule municipality of Larimer County and Weld County, Colorado.
    2. A large town in Hartford County, Connecticut.

      Black-Burke said the cameras helped the Windsor police solve a stolen-car case a few years ago, but now she’s worried about privacy.

      2026 July 15, Jayne Chacko, “2 CT towns end contracts with automated license plate reader company Flock Safety”, in NBC Connecticut, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2026
    3. A village in Rivoli Township, Mercer County, Illinois.

      Synonyms: New Windsor

    4. A village and former town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
    5. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Windsor Township.
  6. A habitational surname from Old English from the town in Berkshire.
  7. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  8. The Royal House of Windsor — from the traditional seat at Windsor Castle.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA village in Rivoli Township, Mercer County, Illinois.

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe British royal family since 1917

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House of Windsor
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old EnglishWindlesōra“Windsor”
  2. Middle EnglishWyndelsore
  3. EnglishWindsor

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.

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Cite this entry
APA

Windsor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Windsor

MLA

“Windsor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Windsor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Windsor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Windsor.

Source: Windsor on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.