Dorchester

American

[dawr-ches-ter, -chuh-ster] / ˈdɔrˌtʃɛs tər, -tʃə stər /

noun

a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.

Dorchester British

/ ˈdɔːtʃɪstə /

noun

Latin name: Durnovaria. a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)

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The major motorways that strike west from the capital bypass the county entirely; the trains from London Waterloo to the local station at Dorchester take a leisurely three hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

She calls him Brooklyn, he calls her Beantown — although Wahlberg, born in Dorchester, is the most Bostonian of all these cops; it doesn’t take an expert to place that accent.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Google said Monday that the investment through 2027 will go toward scaling up its Berkeley County data center campus and supporting ongoing construction of two new sites in Dorchester County.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

It is on the top floor of 55 Park Lane, known as "Hyde Park Residence", a large apartment building in a prime spot - right next to the exclusive Dorchester Hotel.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

Then the handbills advertising them would be posted all over Dorchester County.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

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