manchester

Noun

manchester (plural manchesters)

1. (obsolete) A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric.
   • Betsy, as Muslin, had a very showy striped pink and white Manchester, pink shoes, red Ribbons in abundance and a short Apron.1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 76
2. (Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Household linen, especially as a category of goods in a store.
   • My love of linen stems from two sources. My first proper job working in the manchester department at Target, where I learnt how to style a miniature bed into a showroom-worthy display.2025 January 3, Sarah Brookes, The Age
   • David Jones says more than half-a-million shoppers will visit its four Victorian stores. The most popular items are Christmas decorations, women's shoes, men's shirts and manchester.2005 December 26, ABC, ABC News

Proper noun capitalized: Manchester

UK/ˈmæn.t͡ʃɪs.tə/US/ˈmæn.t͡ʃɛs.tɚ/

Manchester

1. A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.
   • In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024
2. (broadly) Greater Manchester, the metropolitan county containing Manchester and surrounding towns.
   • Metcalfe joined the Bible Christian Church at Salford, in Manchester, England, after having been a member of a Swedenborgian congregation.2010 September 16, Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz, Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 56
   • He could have stopped anywhere, but his father was born in a town called Wigan in Manchester, an area in the north of England, so it just resonated with him.2013 March 28, Richard Dunn, 04:15, BookCountry, →ISBN
3. A parish of Jamaica.
4. A town in Bolivia.
5. A small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. A settlement in Suriname.
7. A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
8. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
9. A city in Meriwether County and Talbot County, Georgia.
10. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
11. A township and census-designated place therein, in Dearborn County, Indiana.
12. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.