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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A market town and civil parish with a town council in northern Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4958).
2. 2
   A city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Lemynster, Lemyster, from Old English Lēomynster, from Lēon (a region name) + mynster (“monastery”).

Related phrases

market town

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