English
manchester
see also: Manchester
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈmæntʃɛstɚ/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈmæntʃɪstə/
Noun

manchester (plural manchesters)

  1. (obsolete) A type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric. [16th–18th c.]
    • 1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 76:
      Betsy, as Muslin, had a very showy striped pink and white Manchester, pink shoes, red Ribbons in abundance and a short Apron.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Household linen. [from 20th c.]
Translations
  • Russian: манче́стер
Manchester
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈmantʃɪstə/, /mæntʃɪstə(r)/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈmæntʃɛstɚ/
Proper noun
  1. A major city/and/metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, in northwestern.
  2. A town in Bolivia.
  3. A small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. A settlement in Suriname.
  5. Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
    1. CDP in Mendocino County, California.
    2. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
    3. A city in Meriwether County, and.
    4. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
    5. An unincorporated community in Manchester Township, Dearborn County.
    6. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County.
    7. A city/county seat in Delaware County, Iowa.
    8. A tiny city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
    9. A home rule city/county seat in Clay County, Kentucky.
    10. A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
    11. A small incorporated town in Carroll County, Maryland.
    12. A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in full Manchester-by-the-Sea.
    13. A village in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
    14. A tiny city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
    15. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
    16. .
    17. A town/and/village in Ontario County, New York.
    18. A village in Adams County, Ohio.
    19. A town in Grant County, Oklahoma.
    20. A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
    21. A neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    22. A ghost town/and/former unincorporated community in Kingsbury, South Dakota.
    23. A city/county seat in Coffee County, Tennessee.
    24. A community in southeastern Houston.
    25. .
    26. A former independent city in Chesterfield County, Virginia, now part of the city of Richmond.
    27. An unincorporated community/and/CDP in Kitsap County, Washington.
    28. A town/and/unincorporated community in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
    29. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  6. (aircraft) A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.
Related terms Translations
  • German: Manchester
  • Portuguese: Manchester
  • Russian: Манче́стер
  • Spanish: Mánchester


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