Windsor
[ win-zer ]
/ ˈwɪn zər /
noun
(since 1917) a member of the present British royal family.
Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha(def 1).
Duke of.
Edward VIII.
Wallis Warfield, Duchess ofBessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson,1896–1986,
U.S. socialite: wife of Edward VIII of England, who abdicated the throne to marry her.
Official name Windsor and Maidenhead.
a city in E Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames: the site of the residence (Windsor Castle) of English sovereigns since William the Conqueror.
a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada, opposite Detroit, Michigan.
a town in N central Connecticut.
British Dictionary definitions for windsor and maidenhead (1 of 3)
Windsor and Maidenhead
noun
a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 135 300 (2003 est). Area: 197 sq km (76 sq miles)
British Dictionary definitions for windsor and maidenhead (2 of 3)
Windsor
1
/ (ˈwɪnzə) /
noun
a town in S England, in Windsor and Maidenhead unitary authority, Berkshire, on the River Thames, linked by bridge with Eton: site of Windsor Castle, residence of English monarchs since its founding by William the Conqueror; Old Windsor, royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, is 3 km (2 miles) southeast. Pop: 26 747 (2001 est)
Official name: New Windsor
a city in SE Canada, in S Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit: motor-vehicle manufacturing; university (1963). Pop: 208 402 (2001)
British Dictionary definitions for windsor and maidenhead (3 of 3)
Windsor
2
/ (ˈwɪnzə) /
noun
the official name of the British royal family from 1917
Duke of Windsor the title, from 1937, of Edward VIII