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Dorchester

[dawr-ches-ter, -chuh-ster]

noun

  1. a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.



Dorchester

/ ˈɔːʃɪə /

noun

  1. Latin name: Durnovaria.a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Susie, who is somewhat of a local celebrity in Dorchester, Dorset, has become so popular that an illustrated book has been published about her wanderings.

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The cat has a Facebook page with over 9,500 members and also features in postcards promoting Dorchester.

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He boasted that tea he had supplied to London's Dorchester Hotel was "the Queen's favourite".

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The force added Ms Veisi's black Mercedes GLC 200 was located on 15 April in Dorchester Avenue, in the Penylan area.

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"The first few years I was living down here, doing that drive between Dorchester and Bridport or Dorchester and Lyme Regis, at that stretch of the A35, if you're doing it at 23:00 or midnight, it's so dark, it's so deserted," he said.

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