Gloucester

UK: /ˈɡlɒstə/ US: (glos′tər, glô′stər)

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Glouces•ter  (glos′tər, glô′stər), n. 

1. Duke of. See Humphrey. 
2. Place Names a seaport in W Gloucestershire in SW England, on the Severn River. 90,700.
3. Place Names a seaport in NE Massachusetts. 27,768.
4. Place Names Gloucestershire.

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Gloucester / ˈɡlɒstə/ noun

1. a city in SW England, administrative centre of Gloucestershire, on the River Severn; cathedral (founded 1100). Pop: 123 205 (2001)
   Latin name: Glevum / ˈɡliːvʊm/

Gloucester / ˈɡlɒstə/ noun

1. Humphrey, Duke of. 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman; son of Henry IV. He acted as protector during Henry VI's minority (1422–29) and was noted for his patronage of humanists
3. Duke of. See Thomas of Woodstock