prester

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English prestre, from Old French prestre. Doublet of presbyter and priest.

Noun

prester (plural presters)

  1. (obsolete) A priest or presbyter.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From New Latin prēstēr, from Ancient Greek πρηστήρ (prēstḗr, hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger).

Noun

prester (plural presters or (rare) presteres)

  1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
  2. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prester”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛs.te/
  • (file)

Verb

prester

  1. (Belgium, transitive) to work (a certain amount of time), to provide a service
    J'ai presté cinq heures.

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French prester. Cognate with Norman prêter and borrowed Middle English prest (whence English prest).

Verb

prester

  1. to lend; to loan

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

  • French: prêter

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse prestr m, from Old English prēost. Cognate with Old Swedish præster and Icelandic prestur.

Noun

prester m

  1. priest

Descendants

References

  • Alieva, Dinara. (2013) Adnominale genitivskonstruksjoner i mellomnorsk.
  • Dokumentasjonsprosjektet, Dataene er fra Diplomatarium Norvegicum bind I-XXI.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

prester m

  1. indefinite plural of prest

Old French

Etymology

From Latin praestāre, present active infinitive of praestō. See also Italian prestare, Portuguese prestar, Romanian presta, Spanish prestar.

Verb

prester

  1. to borrow

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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