Winston Churchill
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- proper noun
- Sir Winston Churchill served as the British Prime Minister during World War II.
- Roosevelt and Winston Churchill
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In 1953, Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writings.
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"The best case against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter" -- Winston Churchill
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The words of Winston Churchill, our greatest Briton, serve as a reminder to us all that we must stand up to the darkness of our age.
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So while on both sides of the Atlantic politicians and diplomats like to talk of the "special relationship," a term invented by Winston Churchill, such a relationship is more important to prime ministers than presidents.
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As Winston Churchill said repeatedly in his record of World War II, the refusal of British politicians to face unpleasant facts and to deal with the evil forces arising in Hitler's empire led to a world of horror and misery that was almost beyond conception.
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The risk posed by coddling TBTF banks is simply too great. Winston Churchill said that 'in finance, everything that is agreeable is unsound and everything that is sound is disagreeable.'
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Many consider Winston Churchill one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century.
Synonyms
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A British prime minister who led Britain in World War II and gave famous speeches
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British Prime Minister who led Britain during the Second World War and gave famous speeches
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A British leader and writer who led the UK in World War II and won the Nobel Prize in Literature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Winston + Churchill
This is a referential proper name whose meaning (the specific historical person) is not compositionally derived from its parts. Knowing the constituent tokens (especially an uninterpretable first name and a surname) does not allow a B1 learner to infer the identity or biographical details unless they already know the person, so the expression is not transparently derivable.
Etymology
Winston Churchill was a British leader who led Britain during World War II and became famous for strong, memorable speeches. Imagine him at a microphone, standing firm, and you will remember why his name stands for 'brave leadership' and 'powerful speaking'.