leicester

IPA/ˈles.tər/
KK[lˈɛstɚ]IPA/ˈles.tɚ/

leicester — noun

1. the main city of Leicestershire, located in central England, where the county's

1.nounB1
Definition

the main city of Leicestershire, located in central England, where the county's government is based and which has a historic market and university

Example

Tendai moved to Leicester to study engineering at the university there.

The market in Leicester city centre sells fresh food, clothes, and gifts every day.

noun phrase: market in Leicester city centre

Idioms

a title given to a British nobleman in the past, most famously held by Robert Dudley, a close advisor to Queen Elizabeth I, and by Simon de Montfort, a 13th-century political leader

Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, was a powerful figure at the court of Queen Elizabeth I.

The title Earl of Leicester has been given to several different English noble families over the centuries.

Etymology

First known use

1798

1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1