a cathedral city in W central England, the administrative centre of Worcestershire on the River Severn: scene of the battle (1651) in which Charles II was defeated by Cromwell. Pop: 94 029 (2001)
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an industrial city in the US, in central Massachusetts: Clark University (1887). Pop: 175 706 (2003 est)
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a town in S South Africa; centre of a fruit-growing region. Pop: 66 349 (2001)
Worcester in American English1
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Joseph Emerson1784-1865; U.S. lexicographer
Worcester in American English2
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city in E England, in Hereford and Worcester: county district pop. 81,000
porcelain articles made in Worcester (England) from 1751 in a factory that became, in 1862, the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company
Worcester sauce
a commercially prepared piquant sauce, made from a basis of soy sauce, with vinegar , spices , etc
Worcester oyster
a drink consisting of raw unbeaten egg, Worcester sauce, salt, and pepper : a supposed cure for a hangover
Hereford and Worcester
a former county of the W Midlands of England, created in 1974 from the historic counties of Herefordshire and (most of) Worcestershire : abolished in 1998 when Herefordshire became an independent unitary authority