worcester

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsJoseph Emerson Worcester

   Broaderlexicographer
2. 2.

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

   Broadercity

   Part ofMassachusetts
3. 3.

   a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn

   Broadercity

   Part ofEngland

Other forms of worcester

plural

worcesters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about worcester

What does worcester mean?

worcester means "United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in worcester?

worcester has 2 syllables: worces-ter. The stress falls on "worces". In IPA it is /ˈwʊstɚ/.

What is another word for worcester?

Close synonyms include Joseph Emerson Worcester. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is worcester a common word?

worcester is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.