Leicester meaning

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A borough of central England east-northeast of Birmingham. Built on the site of a Roman settlement, it is an important industrial center.
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Any of a breed of large, white-faced sheep having long coarse wool, developed in Leicestershire, a county of central England.
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A hard cheese similar to Cheddar and usually orange.
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Any of a breed of large sheep with long, coarse wool, and, usually, a wedge-shaped face, originally developed in Leicestershire.
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(Robert Dudley) 1532?-88; Eng. courtier & general: favorite of Elizabeth I.
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City in central England; county seat of Leicestershire.
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Leicester Sentence Examples

  • Utterly discredited, Leicester -(6th of August 1587) abandoned the task, United Netherlands was to be raised.

  • As a matter of fact, the parliament at Leicester, in which the speeches were supposed to have been made, began on the 30th of April 1414 before Chicheley was archbishop. The rolls of parliament show that he was not present in the parliament at all.

  • Having been educated by Richard Weston, a Leicester botanist, he published in 1793 a treatise, Lessons Astronomical and Philosophical.

  • 18 metres, occupied Leicester Square until swept away as a nuisance.

  • With the exception of the year 1836, when he acted as headmaster of a newly established school in Leicester, his life was divided between Cambridge and Ely.

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