dorchester
/ˈdɔɹˌtʃɛstɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A town and civil parish with a town council in Dorset, southern England, which is the county town (OS grid ref SY6990).
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A village and civil parish (served by Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU5794).
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A civil parish and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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A town in Thames Centre municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
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Etymology
Ultimately from Celtic *Durno-wāriā (Latin Durnovāria) + Old English ċeaster (“fort, Roman town”). The civil parish in New Brunswick and Ontario town are named in honour of colonial administrator Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808).
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, ċeaster
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɔɹˌtʃɛstɚ/
- British English: /ˈdɔː(ɹ)ˌtʃɛstə(ɹ)/