Chester
[ches-ter]
- a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact.
- a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- Cheshire(def 3).
- former name of Cheshire(def 1).
- a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “camp.”
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Examples from the Web for chester
Contemporary Examples
The owners of Rosies nightclub in Chester also apologized on Wednesday for hosting the event that celebrated the costumes.
Collinge is also enrolled at the University of Chester where she studies sociology.
Chester, the cricket overwhelmed by the city, came from Connecticut, like me.
I lived in New York for 40 years, and I always felt a little like Chester—welcomed, inspired, enchanted, and stunned.
He was succeeded by the thoroughly mediocre Chester Arthur on September 19, 1881.
Historical Examples
August 6, 1895, Mr. Gladstone made a great speech at Chester.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
The late Chester Deming was the gentleman who had engaged his services.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
After the lapse of half an hour or so, the elder Chester, gaily dressed, went out.
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
I am curious to know,' said Mr Chester, with surpassing affability.
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
An hour later, both Richards and Chester appeared at the postoffice.
A Breath of Prairie and other storiesWill Lillibridge
Chester
- a city in NW England, administrative centre of the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester, on the River Dee: intact surrounding walls; 16th- and 17th-century double-tier shops. Pop: 80 121 (2001)Latin name: Deva
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Word Origin and History for chester
Chester
Cestre (1086), from Old English Legacæstir (735) "City of the Legions," from Old English ceaster "Roman town or city," from Latin castrum "fortified place" (see castle (n.)). It was the base of the Second Legion Adiutrix in the 70s C.E. and later the 20th Legion Valeria Victrix. But the town's name in Roman times was Deoua (c.150 C.E.), from its situation on the River Dee, a Celtic river name meaning "the goddess, the holy one."
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