Exeter

//ˈɛksɪtɚ// name, slang

name, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and local government district, the county town of Devon, in south-west England.
  2. 2
    A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. 3
    A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  4. 4
    A small town in West Tamar council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  5. 5
    A community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Tulare County, California.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in the town of Lebanon, Connecticut.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Scott County, Illinois.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Barry County, Missouri.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Otsego County, New York.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A borough and township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
  14. 19
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Washington County, Rhode Island.
  15. 20
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
  16. 21
    A number of places in the United States:; A town and unincorporated community therein, in Green County, Wisconsin.
  17. 22
    Ellipsis of Exeter College, Oxford. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal

Example

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"And so it happened that an hour or so later I found myself in the corner of a first-class carriage flying along en route for Exeter."

Etymology

From Middle English Excestre, from Old English Exanceaster: Ex (“the river Exe”) + ċeaster (“town”), 'the Roman city of Isca'.

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