Definition of gloucester Gloucester

/glɔˈstɚ/ - [gloster] - Glouces•ter

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What does gloucester mean?

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gloucester - a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn
gloucester - a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries

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gloucester
A city and the capital of a county of the same name in England. It became a Roman station under the name of Colonia Glevium, and an important town in Mercia under the Saxons, by whom it was called Glean-Ceaster,--whence its present name. Here the celebrated single combat between Edmund Ironsides and Canute is said to have taken place. It was repeatedly visited by William I.; afforded a refuge and support to Queen Matilda in her contest with Stephen; saw Henry III. crowned, and Parliaments held under Richard II. and Henry IV., and sided successfully with the Parliament in the civil war against Charles I.

Gloucester (pronounced [ˈglɒstə]) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is close to the Welsh border on the River Severn.

Culture.

The annual Three Choirs Festival, which started in the eighteenth century and one of the oldest music festivals in Europe, takes place in Gloucester every third year. The other places the festival is held are Hereford and Worcester.

Some scenes for the Harry Potter movies were filmed at Gloucester cathedral.