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