Meanings
plural Winslows
- A placename:
- countableuncountableA town and civil parish with a town council in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7728).
- countableuncountableA locality in Bromyard and Winslow parish, Herefordshire, England, including the hamlets of Lower and Upper Winslow (OS grid ref SO6153).
- countableuncountableA rural municipality in western Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Winslow No. 319.
- countableuncountableA city in Navajo County, Arizona.
"Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me".
- countableuncountableA minor city in Washington County, Arkansas.
- countableuncountableA former settlement in California.
- countableuncountableA village and township in Stephenson County, Illinois.
- countableuncountableA town in Pike County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
- countableuncountableA town in Kennebec County, Maine.
- countableuncountableA village in Dodge County, Nebraska.
- countableuncountableA township in Camden County, New Jersey.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community and township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.
- countableuncountableA neighbourhood (and former name) of the city of Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Washington.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
- abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of 8270 Winslow: an asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.
Synonyms: Asteroid Winslow
- countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounEllipsis of 8270 Winslow: an asteroid in Asteroid Belt, Solar System.
Origin
- Old EnglishWineshlǣw
- Middle EnglishWynselowe
- EnglishWinslow
From Middle English Wynselowe, from Old English Wineshlǣw, from Wines (“Wine's”, personal name) + hlāw (“mound”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Winslow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Winslow
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