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Definition of Chester
1. Noun. A city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia).
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Keystone State, Pa, Pennsylvania
Definition of Chester
1. Proper noun. The county town of Cheshire, in northwest England. ¹
2. Proper noun. Any of a number of towns in the United States and Canada. ¹
3. Proper noun. (surname A=An English habitational from=Old English) ¹
4. Proper noun. (surnames male given name) transferred from the surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chester
Literary usage of Chester
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1910)
"CO Hemingway (J.) History of the city of Panorama of the city of chester, ...
chester in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; being notes on a number of ..."
2. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"The Chancellor of the Duchy is no longer a judicial officer.1 chester. chester is
a county palatine by prescription. It was conferred on Hugh Lupus, ..."
3. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"The tours may Ъе begun at chester, Shrewsbury, Llandudno, and many other points,
... Three days, beginning at chester, may be apportioned as follows. ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"Edward Bradshaw served the office of mayor of chester in 1648, and again in 1653 ;
in addition to which I find him churchwarden of St. Peter's parish in ..."
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