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Worces·ter

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  - an industrial and college city in central Massachusetts, on the Blackstone River; population 175,011 (est. 2008).

  - a city in western England, on the Severn River, noted for its cathedral; the administrative centre of Worcestershire; population 96,300 (est. 2009). It was the scene in 1651, during the English Civil War, of a battle in which Oliver Cromwell defeated a Scottish army under Charles II. It has been a centre of porcelain manufacture since 1751.

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Worcester (noun) · Royal Worcester (noun)

  - porcelain made at Worcester, England, in a factory founded in 1751. The porcelain (largely tableware) at first showed strong influence from Chinese and Dresden designs before being produced in a wider variety of designs.

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