Chester

(c̸hestər)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Chet

Origin: OE Ceastre, contr. < L Legacaestir, for L legionum castra, camp of the legions

  1. city in Cheshire, NW England, south of Liverpool: county district pop. 116,000
  2. Cheshire

See Chester in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of southeast Pennsylvania on the Delaware River, an industrial suburb of Philadelphia. Established as Upland, it was the site of William Penn's first landing in America (1682) and is the oldest city in the state. Population: 36,800.

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