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WESTMINSTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
Synonyms:
City of Westminster; Westminster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
borough (one of the administrative divisions of a large city)
Meronyms (parts of "Westminster"):
Buckingham Palace (the London residence of the British sovereign)
Downing Street (a street of Westminster in London)
Houses of Parliament (the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet)
Westminster Abbey (a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery)
Holonyms ("Westminster" is a part of...):
British capital; capital of the United Kingdom; Greater London; London (the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center)
Context examples:
To-day he came back, and almost bounded into the room at about half-past five o'clock, and thrust last night's "Westminster Gazette" into my hand.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“Halloa! Lestrade seems to have observed something of interest. Put on your hat, Watson, and we will stroll down together to Westminster.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We had turned back to follow her, having encountered her coming towards us; and Westminster Abbey was the point at which she passed from the lights and noise of the leading streets.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The only men worth considering are Adolph Mayer, of 13, Great George Street, Westminster; Louis La Rothière, of Campden Mansions, Notting Hill; and Hugo Oberstein, 13, Caulfield Gardens, Kensington.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Grant to the deanery of Westminster or St. Paul's, and I should be as glad of your nurseryman and poulterer as you could be.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
“It’s a hundred that you don’t see us before Westminster with a quarter of an hour’s start,” said Sir John.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Before I left him I remembered what Jonathan put in his diary of the Professor's perturbation at reading something in an evening paper at the station at Exeter; so, seeing that Dr. Seward keeps his newspapers, I borrowed the files of "The Westminster Gazette" and "The Pall Mall Gazette," and took them to my room.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
On inquiry, the police have discovered that Mme. Henri Fournaye only returned from a journey to London on Tuesday last, and there is evidence to connect her with the crime at Westminster.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But as that wouldn't do in Westminster Hall, and as it wouldn't look quite professional if they were seen by a client, they decamped.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A silver-and-brilliant pendant of old Spanish design had been pawned at Bovington’s, in Westminster Road.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
