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Worces⋅ter

  [woos-ter]
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–noun
1. Joseph Emerson, 1784–1865, U.S. lexicographer.
2. a city in central Massachusetts. 161,799.
3. a city in Hereford and Worcester, in W England, on the Severn: cathedral; Cromwell's defeat of the Scots 1651. 74,300.
4. Worcestershire.
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Worces·ter 1   (wŏŏs'tər)   

  1. A borough of west-central England on the Severn River south-southwest of Birmingham. Oliver Cromwell and the Parliamentarian army gained their final victory over Charles II and the Scottish army here on September 3, 1651. Population: 94,000.

  2. A city of central Massachusetts west of Boston. It is a commercial, industrial, and educational center. Population: 175,000.

Worces·ter 2   (wŏŏs'tər)   
A trademark used for a fine porcelain made in Worcester, England.
Worcester, Joseph Emerson 1784-1865.  
American lexicographer. The publication of his Comprehensive Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language (1830) brought charges of plagiarism from Noah Webster and started the battle known as the "Dictionary War."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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