Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glocester

/ɡlˈaʊstɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: glo-ces-ter
IPA: /ɡlˈaʊstɚ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

name

Obsolete spelling of Gloucester.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[A]s vve pact along, / Vpon the giddy footing of the hatches: / Me thought that Gloceſter ſtumbled, and in ſtumbling, / Stroke me that thought to ſtay him ouer board, / Into the tumbling billovves of the maine."
"The princeſs fell immediately into cloſe connexions vvith the cardinal and his party, the dukes of Somerſet, Suffolk, and Buckingham; vvho, fortified by her povverful friendſhip, reſolved on the final ruin of the duke of Gloceſter."

Etymology

Variant of Gloucester. The town was named after Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester.

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

How do you pronounce glocester?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡlˈaʊstɚ/.
What does glocester mean?: A town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.
Where does glocester come from?: Variant of Gloucester. The town was named after Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester.

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