Chester
A placenameA placename.: A city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England.
» Chester Arthur had been a successful lawyer.
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36 sensesA placename.
(countable, uncountable)A city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England.
Chester
(countable, uncountable)A district municipality and village therein, in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
(countable, uncountable)A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125.
A locale in the United States:
(countable, uncountable)A town in Crawford County, Arkansas.
(countable, uncountable)A census-designated place in Plumas County, California.
(countable, uncountable)A ghost town in Merced County, California.
(countable, uncountable)A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
(countable, uncountable)A town in Dodge County, Georgia.
(countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho.
(countable, uncountable)A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois.
(countable, uncountable)An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
(countable, uncountable)A minor city in Howard County, Iowa.
Examples
2 sentencesChester Arthur had been a successful lawyer.
He got in for Chester.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ċeaster (“a town or city, espeFrom Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ċeaster (“a town or city, especially a Roman one”).
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