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Leicester

/ˈlɛstə//ˈlɛstɚ/

Leicester proper noun: a city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England.

Proper noun

Leicester

  1. A city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England.
  2. A locality in Big Lakes County, Alberta, Canada.
  3. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  4. A township in Clay County, Nebraska.
  5. A town and village therein, in Livingston County, New York.
  6. An unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
  7. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
  8. A coastal town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
  9. An islet of the Cook Islands.
  10. An English earldom.
  11. A surname.

Noun

Leicester (plural Leicesters)

  1. A sheep of an English breed, valued for its meat and fleece.
    • 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.1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases, page 328

Leicester meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Leicester in Hindi

city in England
लेस्टर lesṭar

Leicester in Tamil

city in England
லெஸ்டர் lesṭar

Leicester in Marathi

city in England
लेस्टर lesṭar

Leicester in Urdu

city in England
لَیسٹر laisṭar
More languagesFewer languages
Leicester in Bengali
লেস্টের lesṭer
Leicester in Telugu
లెస్టర్ lesṭar
Leicester in Kannada
ಲೆಸ್ಟರ್ lesṭar
Leicester in Gujarati
લેસ્ટર lesṭar
Leicester in Sinhala
ලෙස්ටර් lesṭar
Leicester in Persian
لستر lester
Leicester in Thai
เลสเตอร์

Forms of Leicester

pluralLeicesters

Origin of Leicester

From Middle English Ledecestre, from Old English Ligoraċeaster.

Words that rhyme with Leicester

17 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Leicester

What does Leicester mean?
Leicester means a city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England.
What is Leicester in Hindi?
Leicester in Hindi is लेस्टर (lesṭar). See Leicester meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Leicester?
Leicester can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Leicester?
Leicester is pronounced /ˈlɛstə/ (UK).

Words near Leicester in the dictionary

  1. Leibys
  2. Leic
  3. Leica
  4. Leica reel
  5. Leica reels
  6. Leicester
  7. Leicesters
  8. Leicestershire
  9. Leicestershire cheese
  10. Leicestershire cheeses
  11. Leicestrian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Leicester (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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