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Noun: Churchill  'chur,chil
  1. A Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain
     
  2. British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
    - Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill
     
  3. English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
    - John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough

Derived forms: Churchills

Type of: author, full general, general, national leader, PM, premier, Prime Minister, statesman, statesperson, town, writer

Part of: Conservative Party, Manitoba, Tory Party

Encyclopedia: Churchill, Prince Edward Island