dister

English

Etymology

From Latin dis- + terra (earth, country); compare Spanish and Portuguese desterrar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪsˈtɜː(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

dister (third-person singular simple present disters, present participle disterring, simple past and past participle disterred)

  1. (obsolete) To banish or drive from a country.
    • March 1 1621, James Howell, letter to Dr. Francis Mansel
      many thousands were disterred and banished hence to Barbary

References

dister”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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