Chester: Meaning and Definition of

Ches•ter

Pronunciation: (ches'tur), [key]
— n.
  1. a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact. 117,200.
  2. a city in SE Pennsylvania. 45,794.
  3. Cheshire (def. 3).
  4. former name of Cheshire (def. 1).
  5. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “camp.”
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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