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gloucester

/ˈɡlɔs.tɚ/

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What does gloucester mean?

noun

  1. A traditional semi-hard cheese from Gloucestershire.
  2. Short for Gloucester Old Spots

proper noun

  1. A cathedral city and local government district of Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A district and former municipality in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  2. A city in Essex County, Massachusetts.
  3. A township in Camden County, New Jersey.
  4. A census-designated place in North Carolina.
  5. A town in New South Wales, Australia.
  6. A royal dukedom.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɡlɔs.tɚ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɡlɑ.stɚ/
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I remained in Gloucester about two weeks, fitting out with the various articles for the voyage most readily obtained there.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
From Gloucester to Newnham, a distance of twelve miles, he found a "cursed road," "infamously stony," with "ruts all the way."
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939
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In three days he returned an answer that he could not do that, because the Duke of Gloucester had died in prison.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
"She is an invalid lady, sir. Her husband was once mayor of Gloucester. She always comes to us when she is in town."
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the BaskervillesProject Gutenberg ebook #3070
Bower saw a woman at the Gloucester Infirmary who had been stabbed in the eye by the end of an umbrella.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747