Warwick

[ wawr-ik, wor- or for 4, wawr-wik, wor- ]

/ ˈwɔr ɪk, ˈwɒr- or for 4, ˈwɔr wɪk, ˈwɒr- /

noun

Earl ofRichard Neville, Earl of Salisburythe Kingmaker,1428–71, English military leader and statesman.

a town in Warwickshire in central England.

Warwickshire.

a city in E Rhode Island.

Example sentences from the Web for warwick

“Warwick” is designed to be intensely unlikable and unsympathetic, rather than engaging.

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Life’s Too Short’: Two Different TV Dwarfs |Jace Lacob |February 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
We have to make him an awful person, because Warwick, his screen presence is adorable.

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Life’s Too Short’: Two Different TV Dwarfs |Jace Lacob |February 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Rather than empower “Warwick,” the show seems to relish knocking him down a peg or three, diminishing him further still.

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Life’s Too Short’: Two Different TV Dwarfs |Jace Lacob |February 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In one instance on the show, “Warwick” has to deal with an unhappy client involved in a dwarf-bowling gig.

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Life’s Too Short’: Two Different TV Dwarfs |Jace Lacob |February 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

H.A. Hellyer is fellow at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at Britain's University of Warwick.

How Will Europe's Muslims React? |H.A. Hellyer |December 6, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Thou seest not, my poor Warwick, that these burgesses are growing up into power.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol VI. |Various
Warwick Cary, an aide with him, came from the direction of the Capitol and joined his daughter and brother.

The Long Roll |Mary Johnston
Charles said, without thinking, "The Warwick Hotel," and thither they went.

Ravenshoe |Henry Kingsley
Warwick had no son, and his two daughters, Isabel and Anne, would one day share his vast estates between them.

A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) |Samuel R. Gardiner.
He heard at Lady Wathin's that Mrs. Warwick was in town for the winter.

Diana of the Crossways, Complete |George Meredith

British Dictionary definitions for warwick (1 of 2)

Warwick ¹

/ (ˈwɒrɪk) /

noun

a town in central England, administrative centre of Warwickshire, on the River Avon: 14th-century castle, with collections of armour and waxworks: the university of Warwick (1965) is in Coventry. Pop: 23 350 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for warwick (2 of 2)

Warwick ²

/ (ˈwɒrɪk) /

noun

Earl of, title of Richard Neville, known as the Kingmaker. 1428–71, English statesman. During the Wars of the Roses, he fought first for the Yorkists, securing the throne (1461) for Edward IV, and then for the Lancastrians, restoring Henry VI (1470). He was killed at Barnet by Edward IV

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