Meanings
proper noun
- historicalA former town in Pennsylvania, British North America, now divided into Upper and Lower Chichester.
New CHICHESTER, a port-town of Penſilvania, ſituated on the river Delawar, below Cheſter...
1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183
Origin
Distinguishing it from its namesake, Chichester in England.
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APA
New Chichester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Chichester
MLA
“New Chichester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Chichester. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Chichester,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Chichester.
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