Dorchester

American  

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

noun

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

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Dorchester British  

/ ˈdɔːtʃɪstə /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Dorchester Living, which owns the site has said "extensive environmental investigations and remediation had already been carried out in consultation with the EA."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Alison-Madueke said she had suggested this was much cheaper than continuing to hire £2,000-a-night suites in expensive hotels like the Savoy and Dorchester.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

She then spent a year peeling vegetables in a French restaurant before moving to London and refining her craft in several more restaurant kitchens, including one at the Dorchester hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

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

She had very little money to make a down payment, so there was a rather large mortgage- That fall she was back in Dorchester County, Maryland, again.

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