Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A priest: often used in old writers as the title of a supposed Christian king and priest (Prester John) of a medieval kingdom.
  • noun A meteor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

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  • noun obsolete A priest or presbyter.

Etymologies

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Old French prestre. See priest.

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  • n. a priest (OSPD)

    December 10, 2006

  • a pre-star or mythical meteor thrown from the clouds

    September 7, 2009