Dorchester
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Dorchester may refer to:

In geography:

England:

• Dorchester, Dorset, the traditional county town of Dorset. Central to the organisation of the emigration of Puritans to North America during the 17th century.
• Dorchester, Oxfordshire, also known as Dorchester-on-Thames.

Canada:

• Dorchester, New Brunswick, shire town of Westmorland County.
• Dorchester, Ontario, a rural community in Middlesex County.

United States:

• Dorchester, Illinois
• Dorchester, Iowa
• Dorchester, Massachusetts
• Dorchester, Nebraska
• Dorchester, New Hampshire
• Dorchester, Texas
• Dorchester, Wisconsin
• Dorchester County, Maryland
• Dorchester County, South Carolina

In business:

• Dorchester Publishing, a book publisher in the United States.

In the military:

• Dorchester Armour, a variant of Chobham armour used on modern battle tanks.
• USS Dorchester, the name of several United States Navy ships.
• USAT Dorchester, a United States Army transport ship.
• Dorchester is a nickname for the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle.

In the peerage:

• Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, a military commander in the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War, later Commander-in-Chief, North America and Governor of Quebec and Governor General of Canada.

In politics:

• Dorchester (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district.

In religion:

• Bishop of Dorchester (historic)
• Bishop of Dorchester (Anglican)
• Dorchester Abbey

In structures:

• The Dorchester Hotel, an expensive luxury hotel in London.
• The Dorchester Penitentiary, a medium-security federal prison in Canada.

In transportation:

• Dorchester Boulevard, a thoroughfare located in Westmount, Quebec and formerly in Montreal where it has been renamed René-Levesque Boulevard.

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