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