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Cheshire
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Chesh·ire also chesh·ire  (chshr)
n.
A hard yellow English cheese made from cow's milk.

[After Cheshire, a county of west-central England.]

Cheshire [ˈtʃɛʃə ˈtʃɛʃɪə]
n
(Placename) a county of NW England: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Administrative centre: Chester. Pop. (excluding unitary authorities): 673 777 (2001). Area (excluding unitary authorites): 2077 sq. km (802 sq. miles) Abbreviation Ches

Cheshire2
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(Biographies / Cheshire, (Geoffrey) Leonard (1917-1992) M, British, PHILANTHROPY: philanthropist, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: airman) Group Captain (Geoffrey) Leonard. 1917-92, British philanthropist: awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II; founded the Leonard Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Disabled: married Sue, Baroness Ryder


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