Chester
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See also: chéster
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: chĕsʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chĕsʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stə/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: Che‧ster
- Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ceaster, from ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of Caister and castrum.
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.
Proper noun
Chester (countable and uncountable, plural Chesters)
- A placename
- A city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England.
- A district municipality and village therein, in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [From 1760]
- The Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A locale in the United States:
- A town in Crawford County, Arkansas.
- A census-designated place in Plumas County, California.
- A ghost town in Merced County, California.
- A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
- A town in Dodge County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho.
- A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Howard County, Iowa.
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- A census-designated place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
- A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
- A small community in Choctaw County, Mississippi.
- A town, the county seat of Liberty County, Montana.
- A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
- A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A town and village in Orange County, New York.
- A town in Warren County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Major County, Oklahoma.
- A city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
- A small rural city, the county seat of Chester County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Lake County, South Dakota.
- A town in Tyler County, Texas.
- A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
- A census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
- A city in Hancock County, West Virginia.
- A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
- Ellipsis of Chester County.
- (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
city in England
Etymology 2
Noun
Chester (plural Chesters)
- (prison slang) A child molester.
Further reading
- Chester on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chester (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From English Chester, from Old English ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”).
Proper noun
Chester
- a male given name from English
Middle English
Proper noun
Chester
- Alternative form of Chestre
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