Windsor Wallis Warfield
Windsor
, Wallis Warfield Duchess of Windsor. 1896-1986. American woman who married the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII of England, in 1937. Because Warfield was divorced, Edward was required to abdicate the throne.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.