Worcester
Joseph Emerson, 1784–1865, U.S. lexicographer.
a city in central Massachusetts.
a city in Hereford and Worcester, in W England, on the Severn: cathedral; Cromwell's defeat of the Scots 1651.
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How to use Worcester in a sentence
As for Jess Deyo and the Worcester nurses, many have been forced to move on.
U.S. Workers Are Realizing It's the Perfect Time to Go on Strike | Alana Semuels | October 8, 2021 | TimeDevantee Jones-Bernier was spending an afternoon at a friend’s apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts, when police banged on the door, looking for drugs.
Massachusetts Police Can Easily Seize Your Money. The DA of One County Makes It Nearly Impossible to Get It Back. | by Saurabh Datar and Shannon Dooling, WBUR | August 18, 2021 | ProPublicaHe received 36 scholarship offers and chose the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
Vince Promuto, Pro Bowl football player for Washington in 1960s, dies at 82 | Matt Schudel | June 3, 2021 | Washington PostAs a microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, in Worcester, I study those hitchhikers.
Some microbial hitchhikers may weaken body’s attack on COVID-19 | Ana Maldonado-Contreras | March 5, 2021 | Science News For StudentsSilvia Corvera is a molecular biologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.
Gene editing can alter body fat and may fight diabetes | Silke Schmidt | October 23, 2020 | Science News For Students
As Liu and Worcester note, Li brought tennis to an entire new population of fans, including Asians living around the globe.
Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in Question | Nicholas McCarvel | September 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTReligion, then, had almost nothing to do with my decision to attend the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
I talked about Holy Cross, and the time I spent in Worcester helping welfare recipients navigate job training and social services.
Tsarni contacted Peter Stefan, a funeral director in Worcester, Massachusetts, who was known to have handled Muslim burials.
Katherine Russell, Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Widow, Wants Nothing to Do With His Corpse | Michael Daly | May 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGregory Weiner, assistant professor of political science at Assumption College in Worcester, Mass.
Gervase Babington died; bishop of Worcester and an eminent theological writer.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellEven at the bottom of Worcester Street there was a bar across the road in 1818.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellOur fine weather was very transient, for it was raining again when we reached Worcester.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyBishop Thomas of Worcester, who died the same year, expressed the same belief and the same hope.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century | Charles J. Abbey and John H. OvertonWorcester's History has for many years occupied a high place among text books.
Rollo in Holland | Jacob Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for Worcester
/ (ˈwʊstə) /
a cathedral city in W central England, the administrative centre of Worcestershire on the River Severn: scene of the battle (1651) in which Charles II was defeated by Cromwell. Pop: 94 029 (2001)
an industrial city in the US, in central Massachusetts: Clark University (1887). Pop: 175 706 (2003 est)
a town in S South Africa; centre of a fruit-growing region. Pop: 66 349 (2001)
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