Worcester

American  

[woos-ter] / ˈwʊs tər /

noun

1. Joseph Emerson, 1784–1865, U.S. lexicographer.

2. a city in central Massachusetts.

3. a city in Hereford and Worcester, in W England, on the Severn: cathedral; Cromwell's defeat of the Scots 1651.

4. Worcestershire.

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Worcester British  

/ ˈwʊstə /

noun

1. a cathedral city in W central England, the administrative centre of Worcestershire on the River Severn: scene of the battle (1651) in which Charles II was defeated by Cromwell. Pop: 94 029 (2001)

2. an industrial city in the US, in central Massachusetts: Clark University (1887). Pop: 175 706 (2003 est)

3. a town in S South Africa; centre of a fruit-growing region. Pop: 66 349 (2001)

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Worcester

The hospital, UMass Memorial Health in Worcester, Mass., said it couldn’t comment on a specific patient experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Martin Pinches, director of M Pinches & Sons Ltd in Worcester, said the fuel was stolen from two vehicles at the weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

But Tristan Bennett, of Bennetts Farms in Worcester, said it seemed like "a lot of tinkering and gimmicks" and that he was "disappointed there was not anything substantial".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mr. Greene brought back a vivid memory of a Bob Dole presidential campaign event that I attended in Worcester, Mass., in 1996.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

No official bedtime, twice my pocket money, and for Julia’s eighteenth she went to Tanya’s Night Club in Worcester with her thousand and one friends.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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