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Windsor

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Noun

1. windsor

a city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit

2. house of windsor, windsor

the British royal family since 1917

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Windsor

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noun
1. 
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
2. 
a city in SE Canada, in S Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit: motor-vehicle manufacturing; university (1963). Pop: 208 402 (2001)
noun
1. 
the official name of the British royal family from 1917
2.  Duke of Windsor

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Windsor

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noun
name of the ruling family of Great Britain since 1917, when the name was officially changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Duke of(Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David) 1894-1972; king of England, as Edward VIII (1936): abdicated: son of George V
1. 
city in Berkshire, SE England, on the Thames, just west of London: site of Windsor Castle: county district pop. 132,000
: official name New Windsor
2. 
port in SE Ontario, Canada, opposite Detroit: pop. 198,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Windsor

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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.
1. A city of southern Ontario, Canada, on the Detroit River opposite Detroit, Michigan. It was established by the French in the 1700s.
2. A town of south-central England on the Thames River west of London. Windsor Castle has been a royal residence since the time of William the Conqueror.
See Edward VIII.
American woman who married the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII of England, in 1937. Because Warfield was divorced, Edward was required to abdicate the throne.

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