Associations to the word «Worcester»

Wiktionary

WORCESTER, proper noun. A city in Worcestershire, England
WORCESTER, proper noun. A city in Massachusetts, United States
WORCESTER SAUCE, proper noun. Worcestershire sauce

Dictionary definition

WORCESTER, noun. United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865).
WORCESTER, noun. An industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston.
WORCESTER, noun. A cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats