Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - leicester

 I. noun  Etymology: ~, county in England  Date: 1798  1. an individual of a breed of white-faced long wool sheep having a massive body and heavy fleece that was originally developed in England and extensively used in the development of numerous modern sheep breeds  2. a hard usually orange-colored cheese similar to cheddar  II. biographical name  1st Earl of — see Robert Dudley;; see also de Montfort  III. geographical name city central England capital of ~shire population 270,600