CHURCHILL
Dictionary entry overview: What does Churchill mean?
• CHURCHILL (noun)
The noun CHURCHILL has 3 senses:
1. English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
2. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
3. a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain
Familiarity information: CHURCHILL used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CHURCHILL (noun)
Meaning:
English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Churchill; Duke of Marlborough; First Duke of Marlborough; John Churchill
Instance hypernyms:
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
Meaning:
British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill; Winston Churchill; Winston S. Churchill; Churchill
Instance hypernyms:
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Meaning:
A Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Churchill" is a part of...):
Manitoba (one of the three prairie provinces in central Canada)
