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Windross.

Microsoft Windows.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name

  1. Microsoft Windows.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Blend of Windows + dross, suggesting an inferior product.

name

  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

A Yorkshire surname; unexplained. P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson (A Dictionary of British Surnames) suggest that it is from the late placename Windros Laithe (in Flasby, North Yorkshire), but this is unlikely as it appears to take its name from the surname. May be connected with Windridge, a surname probably from Windrush (in Gloucestershire), though George Redmonds (A Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames) states that he can find no link between these surnames.

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