Leicester

1. A city, unitary authority, and borough in and the county town of Leicestershire, England.
2. A locality in Big Lakes County, Alberta, Canada.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   2. A township in Clay County, Nebraska.
   3. A town and village therein, in Livingston County, New York.
   4. An unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
   5. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
4. A coastal town in Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
5. An islet of the Cook Islands.
6. An English earldom.
7. A surname.

plural Leicesters

1. A sheep of an English breed, valued for its meat and fleece.

   The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season.

   1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases, page 328