# Chester
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: chĕsʹtər, IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chĕsʹtər, IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.stə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Hyphenation: Che‧ster
* Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English Chestre, from Old English Ċeaster, from ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castra (“camp”).
The village in Nova Scotia is likely named after the city in Pennsylvania.

#### Proper noun

Chester (countable and uncountable, plural Chesters)
* A placename.
** A city, the county town of Cheshire, in northwest England.
** A district municipality and village therein, in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. [From 1760]
** The Rural Municipality of Chester No. 125, a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada.
** A locale in the United States:
*** A town in Crawford County, Arkansas.
*** A census-designated place in Plumas County, California.
*** A ghost town in Merced County, California.
*** A town in Middlesex County, Connecticut.
*** A town in Dodge County, Georgia.
*** An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho.
*** A city, the county seat of Randolph County, Illinois.
*** An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Indiana.
*** A minor city in Howard County, Iowa.
*** A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
*** A census-designated place in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
*** A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
*** An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
*** A small community of Choctaw County, Mississippi.
*** A town, the county seat of Liberty County, Montana.
*** A village in Thayer County, Nebraska.
*** A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
*** A town and village in Orange County, New York.
*** A town in Warren County, New York.
*** An unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio.
*** A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Major County, Oklahoma.
*** A city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
*** A small rural city, the county seat of Chester County, South Carolina.
*** An unincorporated community in Lake County, South Dakota.
*** A town in Tyler County, Texas.
*** A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
*** A census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia.
*** A city in Hancock County, West Virginia.
*** A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
** Ellipsis of Chester County.
* (countable) An English habitational surname from Old English.
* (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

##### Derived terms

* Cheshire West and Chester
* Chester County
* Chester County White
* Chester-le-Street
* Chestertown
* Chester White
* Chet
* New Chester
* Westchester
* West Chester

##### Related terms

* Cestrian

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Blend of child +‎ molester

#### Noun

Chester (plural Chesters)
* (prison slang) A child molester.
    Synonym: Chester the molester

### Further reading

* Chester on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Chester (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Stecher, etchers, retches

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Chester, from Old English ceaster, a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”).

### Proper noun

Chester
* a male given name from English

## Middle English
### Proper noun

Chester
* Alternative form of Chestre