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Wind⋅sor

  [win-zer]
–noun
1. (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def. 1).
2. Duke of. Edward VIII.
3. Wallis Warfield, Duchess of (Bessie Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson), 1896–1986, U.S. socialite: wife of Edward VIII of England, who abdicated the throne to marry her.
4. 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. 134,700.
5. a city in S Ontario, in SE Canada, opposite Detroit, Michigan. 196,526.
6. a town in N central Connecticut. 25,204.
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Wind·sor 1   (wĭn'zər)   
Ruling house of Great Britain (since 1917), including George V, who adopted the name Windsor in 1917, and his descendants Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II.
Wind·sor 2   (wĭn'zər)   

  1. A city of southeast Ontario, Canada, on the Detroit River opposite Detroit, Michigan. Settled by the French after 1701, it is a port of entry and an industrial center. Population: 216,000.

  2. A municipal borough of south-central England on the Thames River southwest of London. Windsor Castle has been a royal residence since the time of William the Conqueror. Population: 29,700.

Windsor, Duke of  
See Edward VIII.
Windsor, Wallis Warfield. Duchess of Windsor. 1896-1986.  
American divorcée who married the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII of England, in 1937.
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Windsor 
town in Berkshire, O.E. Windlesoran (c.1060), lit. "bank or slope with a windlass" (O.E. *windels). Site of a royal residence, hence Windsor chair (1724), Windsor tie (1895), Windsor knot in a necktie (1953).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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