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Verulam was sometimes called Watling-chester, probably as the first town on the road Footnote 194: The distinction between "Street" and "Way" must not, however, be pressed, as is done by some writers.

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  1. Originally, a town; now, the proper name of several towns and cities in England and the United States, the most ancient being Chester [ME. Chestre, AS. Ceaster], the capital of Cheshire [Chester-shire, AS. Ceasterscīr], on the river Dee, in England. The term more frequently occurs as a suffix (-chester, -cester, -caster, -ter) in place-names: as, Colchester [ME. Col-chestre, AS. Colneceaster], on the river Colne; Cirencester [ME. Cirecestre, Circestre, AS. Cirenceaster), the station of Ciren (Corinium); Exeter [ME. Excestre, etc., As. Exanceaster, Exacester], on the river Exe [AS. Exa]; Doncaster, on the river Don, etc.

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  • This took place at Man- chester, to a stately and opulent wholesale dealer in cottons. —  Biographia Literaria
  • A leaked report to a Spanish judge over a spate of shootings says the gang is a "worldwide organisation that is dedicated mainly to drug trafficking, targeted assassinations and has a hierarchical structure among the members, almost all of whom originate in Liverpool and Man-chester". —  icLiverpool
  • If you were from the M.E. BMTH VS chester-no contest, BRANSTAN STILL THERE, Rod the Mod Stewart, may come to the Brentford game, will be intown, was an aprentice with the BEES, Still kicks the ball around out here, saw something on sporting life about BMTH n Richard B, watch this space, you may laugh!
  • The Times will cut weekly sections covering New York City and nearby locations, including New York's Long Island and West-chester County, along with New Jersey and Connecti-cut, according to the article on the Times's website. —  Stabroek News
  • More information can be found at www. wst-chester.com, email wstchester@verizon. net —  United Conservatives of Virginia
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  1. As a suffix in placenames, -chester, -cester, -caster, disguised -ter; from Middle English chestre, a town, a city, as suffix -chestre, -cestre, -castre, from Anglo-Saxon ceaster, a town or city, chiefly in place-names, either in comp. or preceded “by the independent genitive of the distinctive name (see def.). This is one of the few words recognized as inherited from the Roman invaders of Britain (see street): from Latin castra, a camp, a military station, hence in Anglo-Saxon a town: see castrum, castle.
 

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