double Gloucester

noun

A variety of Gloucester cheese, stronger and aged for longer than single Gloucester.

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Meanings

double Gloucester1

noundouble Gloucester (countable and uncountable, plural double Gloucesters)

plural double Gloucesters · alternative double Gloster

  1. countableuncountableA variety of Gloucester cheese, stronger and aged for longer than single Gloucester.

Double Gloucester2

nounDouble Gloucester (countable and uncountable, plural Double Gloucesters)

plural Double Gloucesters

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of double Gloucester.

Origin

Uncertain. Perhaps because cream from the morning milk was added to the evening milk, because the milk was skimmed twice, or because the cheese was typically twice the height of a single Gloucester.

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APA

double Gloucester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20Gloucester

MLA

“double Gloucester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20Gloucester. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double Gloucester,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20Gloucester.

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