Leicestershirenoun
/ˈles.tə.ʃər//ˈles.tɚ.ʃɚ/a county (= an area with its own local government) in central England:
He grew up in rural Leicestershire.
The importance of the Leicestershire coalfield declined during the 1980s.
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- Graham was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, and grew up in London.
- The countryside of Lincolnshire and Leicestershire abounds with village names that end with thorpe.
- Lord Dysart asked Ricardo to redecorate Buckminster Park, his house in Leicestershire.
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