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Chester
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chéster
English
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Pronunciation
chĕsʹtər GenAm, en /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/
chĕsʹtər RP, en /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stə/
en En-au-Chester.ogg AU
en Che ster
en ɛstə(ɹ) 2
Etymology 1
From en enm Chestre, from en ang Ċeaster, from ang ċeaster a town or city, especially a Roman one.
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.
Proper noun
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A placename.
en city/county town co/Cheshire in northwest cc/England.
en distmun/and/village therein, in co/Lunenburg County p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. From 1760
en rural municipality in south-east p/Saskatchewan c/Canada the Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125.
en locale c/USA:
en town co/Crawford County s/Arkansas.
en CDP co/Plumas County s/California.
en ghost town co/Merced County s/California.
en town co/Middlesex County s/Connecticut. TopoZone: Chester, Connecticut
en town co/Dodge County s/Georgia.
en ucomm co/Fremont County s/Idaho.
en city/county seat co/Randolph County s/Illinois.
en ucomm co/Wayne County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Howard County s/Iowa.
en town co/Penobscot County s/Maine.
en CDP co/Queen Anne's County s/Maryland.
en town co/Hampden County s/Massachusetts.
en ucomm co/Olmsted County s/Minnesota.
en small community co/Choctaw County s/Mississippi.
en town/county seat co/Liberty County s/Montana.
en village co/Thayer County s/Nebraska.
en town co/Rockingham County s/New Hampshire.
en twp/and/bor therein, in co/Morris County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Chester, New Jersey
en town/and/village co/Orange County s/New York. TopoZone: Chester, Orange Co., New York
en town co/Warren County s/New York.
en ucomm co/Meigs County s/Ohio.
en CDP/and/unincorporated community co/Major County s/Oklahoma.
en city co/Delaware County s/Pennsylvania.
en small rural city/county seat co/Chester County s/South Carolina.
en ucomm co/Lake County s/South Dakota.
en town co/Tyler County s/Texas.
en town co/Windsor County s/Vermont.
en CDP co/Chesterfield County s/Virginia.
en city co/Hancock County s/West Virginia.
en town co/Dodge County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of other <<townships>>, listed under Chester Township.
en Chester County.
en countable en English habitational Old English.
en countable en male surnames.
Derived terms
en Cheshire West and Chester Chester County White Chester White Chester County Chester-le-Street Chester Springs Chestertown chesterlite New Chester West Chester Port Chester Westchester Chester Hill Chet
Related terms
en Cestrian
Translations
city in England
Bengali: bn চেস্টার
Bulgarian: bg Че́стър m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 切斯特 Qièsītè
German: de Chester
Hindi: hi चेस्टर m
Inuktitut: iu ᑦᓯᔅᑎᕐ
Latin: la Deva f
Marathi: mr चेस्टर
Old English: ang Ceaster, ang Legaċeaster
Welsh: cy Caerllion Fawr f, cy Caer f
References
Etymology 2
en child molester.
Noun
en prison slang A child molester.
en Chester the molester
Anagrams
en ceehrst Stecher etchers retches
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Chester, from ceb ang ceaster, a borrowing from ceb la castrum camp.
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English
Middle English
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Chestre