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Kidderminster
Kidderminster, England/UK Stour‐in‐Usmere, Chideminstre, Kedeleministre ‘Cydela's Monastery’ from an Old English personal name and mynster, after land was given in 731 by Aethelbald, King of Mercia (716–57), for the purpose of building a monastery here.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kidderminster." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kidderminster." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kidderminster.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Kidderminster." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Kidderminster.html |
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Kidderminster
Kidderminster city (1991 pop. 50,385), Worcestershire, W central England. The city had a prosperous cloth trade from the 14th to 18th cent. Kidderminster carpets have been produced since 1735. Associated industries include spinning, dyeing, and metal forging. |
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"Kidderminster." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kidderminster." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kiddermi.html "Kidderminster." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Kiddermi.html |
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Kidderminster
Kidderminster Worcs. Chideminstre [sic] 1086 (DB), Kedeleministre 1154. ‘Monastery of a man called *Cydela’. OE pers. name + mynster.
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A. D. MILLS. "Kidderminster." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Kidderminster." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Kidderminster.html A. D. MILLS. "Kidderminster." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Kidderminster.html |
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Kidderminster
Kidderminster •bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, quitter, remitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, titter, transmitter, twitter, witter
•drifter, grifter, lifter, shifter, sifter, snifter, uplifter
•constrictor, contradictor, depicter, dicta, evictor, inflicter, predictor, victor
•filter, kilter, philtre (US philter), quilter, tilter
•Jacinta, midwinter, Minter, Pinta, Pinter, printer, splinter, sprinter, tinter, winter
•sphincter
•assister, ballista, bistre (US bister), blister, enlister, glister, lister, mister, resistor, Sandinista, sister, transistor, tryster, twister, vista
•trickster
•minster, spinster
•hipster, quipster, tipster
•cohabiter • arbiter • presbyter
•exhibitor, inhibitor, prohibiter
•Manchester • Chichester • Silchester
•Rochester • Colchester
•creditor, editor, subeditor
•auditor • Perdita • taffeta • shopfitter
•forfeiter • outfitter • counterfeiter
•register • marketer
•cricketer, picketer
•Alistair • weightlifter • filleter
•fillister • shoplifter
•diameter, heptameter, hexameter, parameter, pentameter, tetrameter
•Axminster • Westminster
•limiter, perimeter, scimitar, velocimeter
•accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, gasometer, geometer, manometer, micrometer, milometer, olfactometer, optometer, pedometer, photometer, pyrometer, speedometer, swingometer, tachometer, thermometer
•Kidderminster • janitor
•banister, canister
•primogenitor, progenitor, senator
•administer, maladminister, minister, sinister
•monitor • per capita • carpenter
•spanakopita • Jupiter • trumpeter
•character • barrister • ferreter
•teleprinter
•chorister, forester
•interpreter, misinterpreter
•capacitor • ancestor • Exeter
•stepsister
•elicitor, solicitor
•babysitter • house-sitter • bullshitter
•competitor • catheter • harvester
•riveter • banqueter • non sequitur
•loquitur
•inquisitor, visitor
•compositor, expositor
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"Kidderminster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Kidderminster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Kidderminster.html "Kidderminster." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Kidderminster.html |
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