windrush

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Synonyms: wind rush, windrose, landrush, windgust, inrush, wintrish, windaus, winbush, windish, woodrush, windus

Antonyms: wind rush, windrose, landrush, windgust, inrush, wintrish, windaus, winbush, windish, woodrush, windus

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|river|co/Gloucestershire|and|co/Oxfordshire|cc/England|a tributary of the|x/Thames}}.
2. {{place|en|village/and/cpar|in|dist/Cotswold|co/Gloucestershire}}, named after the river {{q|[[OS]] grid ref SP1913}}. <ref>[https://maps.walkingclub.org.uk/admin/gloucestershire/cotswold/windrush-parish.html Parish map]</ref>
3. The first significant wave of immigration of {{w|British African-Caribbean people}} in the 1940s and 1950s.
4. The {{w|Windrush scandal}}; the wrongful deportation of British citizens from the UK in the 2010s, especially of Caribbean immigrants belonging to the [[Windrush generation]].
5. The {{w|Windrush line}} on the {{w|London Overground}}.

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