Worcester

[ woo s-ter ]

/ ˈwʊs tər /

noun

Joseph Emerson,1784–1865, U.S. lexicographer.

a city in central Massachusetts.

a city in Hereford and Worcester, in W England, on the Severn: cathedral; Cromwell's defeat of the Scots 1651.

Worcestershire.

Example sentences from the Web for worcester

As Liu and Worcester note, Li brought tennis to an entire new population of fans, including Asians living around the globe.

Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in Question |Nicholas McCarvel |September 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Religion, then, had almost nothing to do with my decision to attend the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Hope and Change in the Vatican |Jon Favreau |January 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I talked about Holy Cross, and the time I spent in Worcester helping welfare recipients navigate job training and social services.

Hope and Change in the Vatican |Jon Favreau |January 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tsarni contacted Peter Stefan, a funeral director in Worcester, Massachusetts, who was known to have handled Muslim burials.

Katherine Russell, Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Widow, Wants Nothing to Do With His Corpse |Michael Daly |May 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Gregory Weiner, assistant professor of political science at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass.

Obama’s Second-Term Crisis |David Freedlander |January 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Worcester is rich in charitable institutions and revenues for alleviating the distresses of poverty.

Worcestershire in the Nineteenth Century |T. C. Turberville
I have ridden from Worcester by byroads day and night, and I am fairly spent.

The Pigeon Pie |Charlotte M. Yonge
Why did he set off to walk from Worcester to Timberdale—and on such a night!

Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series |Mrs. Henry Wood
With the exception of Worcester, no English see was left in the hands of a native bishop.

The English Church in the Middle Ages |William Hunt
The Boston & Worcester devised the headlight, so that time might be saved by handling freight at night.

The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford

British Dictionary definitions for worcester

Worcester

/ (ˈwʊstə) /

noun

a cathedral city in W central England, the administrative centre of Worcestershire on the River Severn: scene of the battle (1651) in which Charles II was defeated by Cromwell. Pop: 94 029 (2001)

an industrial city in the US, in central Massachusetts: Clark University (1887). Pop: 175 706 (2003 est)

a town in S South Africa; centre of a fruit-growing region. Pop: 66 349 (2001)

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British Dictionary definitions for worcester

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