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worcester
/ˈwʊstɚ/
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What does worcester mean?
noun
- Ellipsis of Worcester sauce.
proper noun
- A city and local government district with borough status in and the county town of Worcestershire, England.
- A city, the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
More meanings (9)
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Otsego County, New York.
- A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Washington County, Vermont.
- A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Limpopo province, South Africa.
- A town in the Western Cape province, South Africa.
- (informal) Ellipsis of Worcester College, Oxford.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈwʊstɚ/
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All this time they were hotly pursued by the sheriff of Worcester, and a fast increasing concourse of riders.
And, my dear Gordon, it's true, when I faced saying good-by to this feverish planning and activity, Worcester somehow looked rather colorless.
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Dud was among those so taken, and he was first carried to Hartlebury Castle and thence to Worcester, where he was imprisoned.
He by degrees attached himself to his new master, the Marquis of Worcester, but not with the natural ardour of a poodle.
Mr. Baker of Worcester, supposed to be larger than Bright, was interred in a coffin that was larger than an ordinary hearse.