Downing Street

English

Etymology

Named for its founder, Sir George Downing.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Downing Street

  1. a street leading off Whitehall in Westminster, London containing the residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) the British government

See also

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