New Bedford

noun

a seaport in SE Massachusetts: formerly a chief whaling port.

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New Bedford

noun

a port and resort in SE Massachusetts, near Buzzards Bay: settled by Plymouth colonists in 1652; a leading whaling port (18th–19th centuries). Pop: 94 112 (2003 est)

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