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Dor⋅ches⋅ter

  [dawr-ches-ter, -chuh-ster]
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–noun
a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels. 13,737.
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Dorchester 
O.E. Dorcanceaster, earlier Dornwaraceaster, from L. Durnovaria, from Romano-British *duro- "walled town."
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