Cheshire

American  

[chesh-er, -eer] / ˈtʃɛʃ ər, -ɪər /

noun

1. Formerly Chester.  a county in NW England. 899 sq. mi. (2,328 sq. km).

2. a town in central Connecticut.

3. Also called Cheshire cheese,.  Also called Chester.  a hard cheese, yellowish, orange, or white in color, made of cow's milk and similar to cheddar.

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Cheshire ¹ British  

/ ˈtʃɛʃɪə, ˈtʃɛʃə /

noun

1.  Ches.  a former administrative county of NW England; administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Area 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)

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Cheshire ² British  

/ ˈtʃɛʃə /

noun

1. Group Captain ( Geoffrey ) Leonard . 1917–92, British philanthropist: awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II; founded the Leonard Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Disabled: married Sue, Baroness Ryder

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Example Sentences

Chloe Rose Steen, 23, from Cheshire, decided to try making her own dot cakes after they appeared on her social feeds.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Hall had an eight-year-old daughter with Albanian model and Real Housewives of Cheshire star, Missé Beqiri, 39.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

The Cheshire couple's lives changed dramatically in 2016 when Kevin, then a bus driver, discovered he had matched all six Lotto numbers.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The ruling overrules a previous Supreme Court judgment ruling known as Cheshire West.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

That Cheshire grin I’d seen thousands of times before on the face of Aech’s avatar, during the countless nights we’d spent together in the OASIS, telling bad jokes and watching bad movies.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline