Chester

See also: chéster

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: chĕsʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chĕsʹtər, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Hyphenation: Che‧ster
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castra (“camp”).

The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.

Proper noun

Chester (countable and uncountable, plural Chesters)

1. A placename.
   1. A city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England.
   2. A district municipality and village therein, in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [From 1760]
   3. The Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
   4. A locale in the United States:
      1. A town in Crawford County, Arkansas.
      2. A census-designated place in Plumas County, California.
      3. A ghost town in Merced County, California.
      4. A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
      5. A town in Dodge County, Georgia.
      6. An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho.
      7. A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois.
      8. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
      9. A minor city in Howard County, Iowa.
      10. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
      11. A census-designated place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
      12. A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
      13. An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
      14. A small community of Choctaw County, Mississippi.
      15. A town, the county seat of Liberty County, Montana.
      16. A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
      17. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
      18. A town and village in Orange County, New York.
      19. A town in Warren County, New York.
      20. An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.
      21. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Major County, Oklahoma.
      22. A city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
      23. A small rural city, the county seat of Chester County, South Carolina.
      24. An unincorporated community in Lake County, South Dakota.
      25. A town in Tyler County, Texas.
      26. A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
      27. A census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
      28. A city in Hancock County, West Virginia.
      29. A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
   5. Ellipsis of Chester County.
2. (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.
3. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Derived terms

• Cheshire West and Chester
• Chester County
• Chester-le-Street
• Chestertown
• Chet
• New Chester
• Westchester
• West Chester

 

Related terms

• Cestrian

 

Translations

city in England

• Bengali: চেস্টার (cesṭar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 切斯特 (Qièsītè)

• German: Chester (de)
• Hindi: चेस्टर (hi) m (cesṭar)
• Inuktitut: ᑦᓯᔅᑎᕐ (tsistir)
• Latin: Deva (la) f
• Marathi: चेस्टर (cesṭar)
• Old English: Ceaster, Legacæstir
• Welsh: Caerllion Fawr f, Caer f

Etymology 2

Blend of child +‎ molester

Noun

Chester (plural Chesters)

1. (prison slang) A child molester.

   Synonym: Chester the molester

Further reading

• Chester on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chester (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Stecher, etchers, retches

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Chester, from Old English ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”).

Proper noun

Chester

1. a male given name from English

Middle English

Proper noun

Chester

1. Alternative form of Chestre