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Churchill

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɜːt͡ʃɪl/ / /ˈt͡ʃɜːɹt͡ʃɪl/

name

Etymology: From church + hill.

  1. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  2. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  3. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  4. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  5. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  6. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  7. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  8. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  9. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  10. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  11. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  12. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  13. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  14. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  15. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  16. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  17. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  18. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  19. Any of several placenames, derived from church and hill.
  20. A habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.
  21. A habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.

    The British ruling class are fighting against Hitler, whom they have always regarded and whom some of them still regard as their protector against Bolshevism. That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out; but it does mean that at every decisive moment they are likely to falter, pull their punches, do the wrong thing. Until the Churchill Government called some sort of halt to the process, they have done the wrong thing with an unerring instinct ever since 1931.

  22. Ellipsis of Churchill College, Cambridge.
  23. A cocktail made with Scotch, vermouth, a citrus liqueur, and lime juice.