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Definition of House of windsor

1. Noun. The British royal family since 1917.

Lexicographical Neighbors of House Of Windsor

Literary usage of House of windsor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal Events in by John Clark Ridpath (1910)
"At a point just below the mouth of the Farmington, seven miles above Hartford, the Puritans landed and built the block-house of Windsor. ..."

2. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1920)
"... of Meuse. in Verdun region; King George announces name of royal house of England hereafter be House of Windsor. instead of House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. ..."

3. Researches in the South of Ireland: Illustrative of the Scenery by Thomas Crofton Croker (1824)
"... the male line from their common ancestor, Baron Walter Fitz-Other de Windsor, the patriarch of the house of Windsor and of these its younger branches. ..."

4. Cyclopædia of Universal History: Being an Account of the Principal Events in by John Clark Ridpath (1885)
"At a point just below the mouth of the Farmington, seven miles above Hartford, the Puritans landed and built the block-house of Windsor. ..."

5. Modern Europe by Charles Downer Hazen (1920)
"... although as a result Hanover of ^e European War the title has been changed by proclamation of July 17, 1917, to that of the House of Windsor. ..."

6. Modern Europe by Charles Downer Hazen (1920)
"... \yar the title has been changed by proclamation of July 17, 1917, to that of the House of Windsor. The struggle between Crown and Parliament, ..."

7. A Dictionary of Weights and Measures for the British Isles: The Middle Ages by Ronald Edward Zupko (1985)
"... of Saxe-Coburg Edward VII House of Windsor George V Edward VIII George VI Elizabeth II (1714-27) (1727-60) (1760-1820) (1820-30) (1830-37) (1837-1901) ..."

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