windrush generation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The generation of people who emigrated from the West Indies to Great Britain after the Second World War.
Example Sentences
- "Rooted in Caribbean culture and introduced to the UK by the Windrush generation, sound systems – static or truck-bound collectives of MCs and DJs playing music through customised, bass-heavy speakers – have been integral to Notting Hill carnival since 1973."
Etymology
From HMT Empire Windrush, which carried many West Indian ex-servicemen and migrants to the United Kingdom.
Inflected Forms
the Windrush generation (canonical)