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What is another word for the Windsors?

Pronunciation: [ðə wˈɪndsəz] (IPA)

The Windsors is a term often used to refer to the British royal family. However, there are several other ways to describe this famous dynasty. Some popular synonyms for the Windsors include the House of Windsor, the Royal House of Windsor, the British monarchy, the British royal family, and the House of Hanover. Other terms that have been used to describe this illustrious family include the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the House of Brunswick, and the House of Mountbatten-Windsor. No matter what you call them, the Windsors have been a fixture of British society and global culture for centuries, and will likely continue to be so for many years to come.
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What are the hypernyms for The windsors?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    the British Monarchy, the British Royal Family, the House of Windsor.

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  • Yet those who govern us as if were infants expect us to be grateful that at least we live in 'a family'; a family, moreover, patterned on the ideal by the example of the Windsors. A beaming gran, a dutiful mum, a stern and disciplined father, and children who are ... well, all analogies based upon family break down somewhere. The analogy between family and society, as it happens, breaks down as soon as it is applied. The 'United Kingdom' is not a family and never was one. (Not even Orwell, with his image of poor relations, rich relations and 'the wrong members in control', could make it stick.) It is is a painfully evolved society, at once highly stratified and uniform and very fluid and diverse, which is the site of a multitude of competing interests.
    Christopher Hitchens

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