Rochester

Roch·es·ter  (rch-str, -str)

1. A city of southeast Minnesota southeast of St. Paul. The Mayo Clinic (founded in 1889) is located here. Population: 97,000.

2. A city of western New York east-northeast of Buffalo on the New York State Barge Canal near Lake Ontario. It was first settled c. 1812 and grew rapidly after the opening of the Erie Canal (1825). Population: 208,000.

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Rochester [ˈrɒtʃɪstə]

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1. (Placename) a city in SE England, in Medway unitary authority, Kent, on the River Medway. Pop.: 23 971 (1991)

2. (Placename) a city in NW New York State, on Lake Ontario. Pop.: 219 773 (2000)

3. (Placename) a city in the US, in Minnesota: site of the Mayo Clinic. Pop.: 85 806 (2000)

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Rochester²

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(Biographies / Rochester, 2nd Earl of (1647-1680) M, English, WRITING: poet, MISC: wit, MISC: libertine) 2nd Earl of, title of John Wilmot. 1647-80, English poet, wit, and libertine. His poems include satires, notably A Satire against Mankind (1675), love lyrics, and bawdy verse

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Noun	1.	Rochester - a city in western New York; a center of the photographic equipment industry Empire State, New York State, NY, New York - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
	2.	Rochester - a town in southeast Minnesota Gopher State, Minnesota, North Star State, MN - a midwestern state