Worcester

[woos-ter]

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.

Worcester

/ 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)

Example Sentences

At a weekly community kitchen in Worcester, where people on low incomes can get a free meal, residents have had their say.

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Lapowski had emigrated in 1869 and built a successful business, earning enough to send his son to Worcester Academy in Massachusetts, a feeder school for Harvard.

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The pub was in Worcester, but that part isn't important.

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The next most overvalued markets are Cleveland; New Haven, Conn.; Akron, Ohio; and Worcester, Mass. — all cities in the Midwest or the Northeast.

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Lawrence also excelled at football and cricket as a boy, and was with the academies of Aston Villa and Birmingham City, as well as Worcester Warriors, before focusing on rugby at the age of 16.

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