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Chesterton

ches·ter·ton

UK/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tə.tən/ US/ˈt͡ʃɛs.tɚ.tən/ rare

noun

1.

conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)

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Origin

From Chester + -ton. For the place in the United States, from a shortening of Westchester (the name of the township it belongs to) + -ton.

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