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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Dorchester

Peter Sellers, 38, was staying at London’s Dorchester hotel when he came across a photograph of Britt Ekland, 21, in the paper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Now 29, Skuse is the founder and CEO of Molto Music Group, a music and entertainment agency that counts high end names like The Dorchester, The Savoy, Soho House and Raffles as clients.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

Later in his career, the forward played in Switzerland and Norway either side of spells at Norwich City, Brighton and Dorchester Town, before retiring in 1983 after a brief spell at Barnet.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 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

Yet she decided that she would not permit this new and stringent law to interfere with her plan to keep guiding slaves out of Dorchester County.

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