a town in central England, administrative centre of Warwickshire, on the River Avon: 14th-century castle, with collections of armour and waxworks: the university of Warwick (1965) is in Coventry. Pop: 23 350 (2001)
Warwick in British English2
(ˈwɒrɪk)
noun
Earl of, title of Richard Neville, known as the Kingmaker. 1428–71, English statesman. During the Wars of the Roses, he fought first for the Yorkists, securing the throne (1461) for Edward IV, and then for the Lancastrians, restoring Henry VI (1470). He was killed at Barnet by Edward IV
Warwick in American English1
(ˈwɔrɪk; ˈwɑrɪk)
Earl of(Richard Neville) 1428-71; Eng. statesman & military leader
Warwick in American English2
(ˈwɔrɪk; ˈwɑrɪk; for 2, usually ˈwɔrˌwɪk)
1.
Warwickshire
2.
city in central R.I., on Narragansett Bay: pop. 86,000
Word origin
(sense 2) after the Earl of Warwick, friend of the founder