Gloucestershire

[ glos-ter-sheer, -sher, glaw-ster- ]

noun

1. a county in SW England. 1,255 sq. mi. (2,640 sq. km). : Gloucester.

Gloucestershire

/ -ʃə; ˈɡlɒstəˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a county of SW England, situated around the lower Severn valley: contains the Forest of Dean and the main part of the Cotswold Hills: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire (part of Avon county from 1974 to 1996). Administrative centre: Gloucester. Pop (excluding South Gloucestershire): 568 500 (2003 est). Area (excluding South Gloucestershire): 2643 sq km (1020 sq miles) Glos

Example Sentences

"This budget has just ripped the heart out of us because I know my son will not be able to pay the inheritance tax," Gloucestershire livestock farmer David Barton told the BBC.

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Bishop Rachel told BBC Radio Gloucestershire she did not want the "very, very difficult job" and any Bishop thinking about it should "look long and hard into the mirror and take some reality checks".

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For example, Border Morris, originating in the Welsh border counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, features performers who wear tatter coats and often paint their faces or use other forms of disguise.

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The actor made the payment to Brimscombe Mill in Stroud, Gloucestershire, after it was the revealed the building had been sold, putting jobs at risk.

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The officer, a constable aged in his thirties, was arrested on Tuesday in Gloucestershire by counterterrorism police, who said the suspected support "relates to activity online".

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