Leicester
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English
Etymology
From Middle English Ledecestre, from Old English Ligore (“the name of a people living by the River Soar”) + ċeaster (“settlement”). The river name is thought to be of Brythonic/Celtic origin and possibly from the same source as the river Loire.
Pronunciation
Audio (UK) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɛstə/
Audio (US) (file) - (US) enPR: lĕsʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈlɛstɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
- Homophone: Lester
Proper noun
Leicester
- A city and unitary authority in and the county town of Leicestershire, England.
- A town in Massachusetts, United States.
- An English earldom.
- A surname.
Related terms
Translations
city in England
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Noun
Leicester (plural Leicesters)
- A sheep of an English breed, valued for its meat and fleece.
- 1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases, page 328:
- The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season.
References
- ^ The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names Based on the Collections of the English Place-Name Society, ed. by Victor Watts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), s.v. LEICESTER, LEIRE.