WORCESTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Worcester mean? 

• WORCESTER (noun)
  The noun WORCESTER has 3 senses:

1. United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865)

2. an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston

3. a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn

  Familiarity information: WORCESTER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORCESTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Joseph Emerson Worcester; Worcester

Instance hypernyms:

lexicographer; lexicologist (a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Worcester" is a part of...):

Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Worcester" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

Plants and animals exploit fundamentally different approaches to transporting fluids, chemicals, and macromolecules, yet there are surprising similarities in their vascular network structures, said researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Arkansas State University-Jonesboro.

(Human Heart Cells Grown on Spinach Leaves, VOA News)