noun
Meaning 1
A priest or presbyter.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
A priest or presbyter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A waterspout.
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History
From Middle English prestre, from Old French prestre. Doublet of presbyter and priest.
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”).