Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southwest-central England on the Severn River west-northwest of London. Built on the site of the Roman city Glevum, it was the Saxon capital of Mercia.
  • A city of northeast Massachusetts on Cape Ann and the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Boston. Its harbor has been used by fishing fleets for three centuries.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See Gloster.

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  • proper noun a city in Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales
  • proper noun a type of cheese

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn
  • noun a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries

Etymologies

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From Latin Glēvum + Old English ceaster. Recorded in the Domesday Book as Glowecestre.

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Examples

  • GLOUCESTER - A 67-year-old Massachusetts man is dead after falling into the ocean while apparently fishing from the shore in Gloucester.

    Reader - MassLive.com 2010

  • GLOUCESTER - A 41-year-old Gloucester woman died Saturday night of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle collision on Route 17 earlier in the day.

    dailypress.com - Breaking news 2010

  • Photos GLOUCESTER - A Gloucester "softball mom" will serve six months in prison for stealing

    unknown title 2009

  • CHRIS JOHNS, GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY: Chris Johns from Gloucester, New Jersey.

    CNN Transcript Apr 29, 2009 2009

  • KING OF FRANCE. DUKE OF BURGUNDY. DUKE OF CORNWALL. DUKE OF ALBANY. EARL OF KENT. EARL OF GLOUCESTER. EDGAR, Son to Gloucester.

    Dramatis Personæ. King Lear 1914

  • KING OF FRANCE. DUKE OF BURGUNDY. DUKE OF CORNWALL. DUKE OF ALBANY. EARL OF KENT. EARL OF GLOUCESTER. EDGAR, son to Gloucester.

    Dramatis Personae 1909

  • Edward IV, who won the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is restoring law and order after years of war.

    Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett: Book summary 2010

  • What I saw in Gloucester was overwhelming ... the violence of the storm was just overwhelming.

    An Interview with Sebastian Junger. October 2000 2010

  • In the light of this recent coverage, one of our readers wrote to ask if we might also give a little coverage to some of our older monastic foundations, such as Prinknash Abbey, located in Gloucester, England.

    Prinknash Abbey 2009

  • Edward IV, who won the throne with the help of his brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is restoring law and order after years of war.

    Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett: Book summary 2010

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