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Definition of Gloucester

1. Noun. A town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries.

2. Noun. A city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn.

Definition of Gloucester

1. Proper noun. a city in Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales ¹

2. Proper noun. a type of cheese ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gloucester

Gloria Swanson Gloriosa superba Glorious Revolution Glory of Heaven Glosa Glossic Glossina Glossina morsitans Glossina pallidipes Glossina palpalis

Glossodia Glossopsitta Glossopsitta versicolor Glossopteris Gloster Gloucester (current term) Gloucestershire Glover Glover phenomenon Gloxinia perennis

Gloxinia spesiosa Glp Glu Gluck Glucophage Glucotrol Gluge's corpuscles Glx Gly Glyceria

Literary usage of Gloucester

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 (1911)
"(Gloucester: DM (Letter of TBL Baker, with comments of Gloucestershire Chronicle] nt-p. ... [A leiten to the magistrates of the county of Gloucester [Dec. ..."

2. The Lancet (1898)
"It would be sheer waste of time to comment on all the mischievous nonsense that apologists for anti-vaccination have written or talked regarding Gloucester. ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"But while Henry was entangled in an attack on Edward at Gloucester, Mortimer with his wild band of marauders pursued Simon to the midlands, where Mortimer ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
".Gloucester returned two members to parliament from 1275 to 1885, since when it has been ... The iron trade of Gloucester dates from before the Conquest; ..."

5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"At Plain View, mv scouts returned with the information that the enemy had only spent a short time in Gloucester, and had again embarked and gone back to ..."

6. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"It contains also the tomb of Robert Raikes (1736-), another native of Gloucester and erroneously described as the founder of the first Sunday School in ..."

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