prester

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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prester (plural presters)

  1. (obsolete) A priest or presbyter.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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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

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʁɛs.te/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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prester

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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prester

  1. to lend; to loan

Conjugation

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

Descendants

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  • French: prêter

Middle Norwegian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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prester m

  1. priest

Descendants

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References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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prester m

  1. indefinite plural of prest

Old French

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Etymology

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

Verb

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prester

  1. to borrow

Conjugation

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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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