Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southern England west of Bournemouth. Traces of walls from an ancient Roman settlement are still visible in the town.
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- proper noun A
town in southernEngland .
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Examples
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Massachusetts, establishing a town which they called Dorchester, near the present town of Summerville, a few miles from Charleston.
American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' Julian Street 1913
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ABRIGAL: I grew up in Dorchester, on Regina Road, between Codman Square and Four Corners, which were two high-profile neighborhoods for crime and violence back in the '80s.
Tom Matlack: Life After Prison: How One Man Found Redemption Through Fatherhood Tom Matlack 2010
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Our recent coverage of St. Birinius in Dorchester-on-Thomas seems to have brought forward some other similar art which I thought our readership would be interested in, this time coming from St. Matthew's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. There would certainly appear to be some very beautiful work in this cathedral.
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Is it because the media itself is more puzzled, if not horrified, by the Lincoln-Sudbury killing than those in Dorchester?
Scott Harshbarger: Yes We Can Reduce Urban Violence (Part I) Scott Harshbarger 2010
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Sources tell FITS that similar calls were made in Dorchester County against Christine “Chrissy” Jackson, who is running against Republican Chris Murphy in the race to replace retiring RINO Annette Young.
Robo-Calls Linked? 2010
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ABRIGAL: I grew up in Dorchester, on Regina Road, between Codman Square and Four Corners, which were two high-profile neighborhoods for crime and violence back in the '80s.
Tom Matlack: Life After Prison: How One Man Found Redemption Through Fatherhood Tom Matlack 2010
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Not only the incredibly beautiful church of St. Birinius in Dorchester-on-Thames, with its wonderful rood screen, riddle posts and curtains, and painted ceilings, but also a conical chasuble.
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ABRIGAL: I grew up in Dorchester, on Regina Road, between Codman Square and Four Corners, which were two high-profile neighborhoods for crime and violence back in the '80s.
Tom Matlack: Life After Prison: How One Man Found Redemption Through Fatherhood Tom Matlack 2010
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His piece on the mammography debate ran Monday on MORNING EDITION, and he joins us from his office in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to help us sort through the mixed messages of the mammogram debate.
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ABRIGAL: I grew up in Dorchester, on Regina Road, between Codman Square and Four Corners, which were two high-profile neighborhoods for crime and violence back in the '80s.
Tom Matlack: Life After Prison: How One Man Found Redemption Through Fatherhood Tom Matlack 2010
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