Library / English Dictionary

WORCESTER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Worcester" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Worcester" is a part of...):

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865)

Synonyms:

Joseph Emerson Worcester; Worcester

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)

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