Meanings
proper noun
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, the site of the ancient Corinium of the Dobunni (OS grid ref SP0202).
Jackson, from Cirencester, was turned down by the Army because he had cataract surgery at the age of three.
2026 September 22, Nathan Heath, “'My army dream was ended by childhood eye surgery'”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026, retrieved 22 Sep 2026
Origin
- Old EnglishĊirenċeaster
- EnglishCirencester
From Old English Ċirenċeaster.
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Cirencester
investorsemesterChesterLeicesterEsthertesterLesterestersylvestertrimesterHesterjesterwesterfestermolesterbesterpesterdivestersequesterarresterquestergestorDistrict of Chesterrhymester
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Cirencester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cirencester
MLA
“Cirencester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cirencester. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cirencester,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cirencester.
Source: Cirencester on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.