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Glouces⋅ter

  [glos-ter, glaw-ster]
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–noun
1. Duke of. Humphrey.
2. a seaport in W Gloucestershire in SW England, on the Severn River. 90,700.
3. a seaport in NE Massachusetts. 27,768.
4. Gloucestershire.
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Glouces⋅ter⋅shire

  [glos-ter-sheer, -sher, glaw-ster-]
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a county in SW England. 487,600; 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
Also called Gloucester.
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Glouces·ter   (glŏs'tər, glô'stər)   

  1. A borough of southwest-central England on the Severn River west-northwest of London. On the site of the Roman city Glevum, it was the Saxon capital of Mercia and is today a market town and industrial center. Population: 123,000.

  2. A city of northeast Massachusetts on Cape Ann and the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Boston. Its sheltered harbor has been used by fishing fleets for three centuries. Population: 30,600.

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Gloucester 
English county, O.E. Gleawceaster, from L. Coloniae Glev (2c.), from Glevo, a Celtic name meaning "bright place" (perhaps influenced by O.E. gleaw "wise, prudent") + O.E. ceaster "Roman town."
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