English

Proper noun

Winchester

1. A city and the county town of Hampshire, England; or any of the towns named after it.
2. A habitational surname​.

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See also

• Wykehamist

Noun

Winchester ‎(plural Winchesters)

1. A Winchester rifle, typically a lever-action repeater.
   • H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines

     "Give me my express," I said, laying down the Winchester, and he handed it to me cocked.

   • 2008, James M. Smallwood, The Feud That Wasn't (page 167)

     Almost simultaneously Jim Taylor and Kit Hunter shot at each other with Winchesters.

2. A bottle holding a Winchester quart.
3. (computing, dated) A hard disk.
   • 1984, PC Mag (volume 3, number 2, 7 February 1984, page 234)

     And besides, Winchesters of the nonremovable sort work fine—why bother complicating things with cartridges […]

French

Noun

winchester f ‎(plural winchesters)

1. Winchester (rifle)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English Winchester.

Noun

winchester m ‎(plural winchesteres)

1. Winchester (rifle)

Usage notes

• often, but not always, capitalized as Winchester
• occasionally found as a feminine noun