chesterian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of Chester.
name
An age from 333 to 318.1 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.
Example Sentences
- "A man met a Chesterian on Third street this morning, and said: “I say, do you know a man named John Jehoram Smith?” “Yes, I’ve heard of him.” “Do you know anything about him?” “Y-e-s, I do.” “Pretty tough sort of a fellow ain’t he?” “I don’t know about that—he’s my father.” The interrogator disappeared in the direction of the footbridge."
- "About four blocks from the scene of the great fight the fire jumped across the Falls and fell upon Otto Duker’s lumber yard. The Baltimoreans and Chesterians had been hurried to that point to meet the attack, and after a sharp fight they conquered it."
- "One of the oldest railroad stations in the world, the town of Chester’s vintage 1840 post-and-beam structure was saved from demolition by concerned Chesterians in 1990 and has since been lovingly restored as an emblem of the town’s proud place in the history of American railroading."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
Chesterians (plural)
the Chesterian (canonical)