English: habitational name from the city of Worcester, named from
Old English ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (Latin
castra ‘legionary camp’) + a British tribal name of uncertain
origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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