/ Dictionary / Index C Chester: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Ches•ter Pronunciation: (ches'tur), [key] — n. a city in Cheshire, in NW England: only English city with the Roman walls still intact. 117,200. a city in SE Pennsylvania. 45,794. Cheshire (def. 3). former name of Cheshire (def. 1). a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “camp.” Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: chester (Thesaurus) chested chesterbed Related Content Daily Word Quiz: arid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language