Græcaster

UK/ˈɡɹiːkæstə/

noun

An obscure, insignificant Greek; a Greekling.

OriginLatin Graec(us) →
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Meanings

nounGræcaster (plural not attested)

alternative Grecaster

  1. no pluralobsoleterareAn obscure, insignificant Greek; a Greekling.

    Some Grecaster about Constantin’s Time translated most of the Latin old Country-Tracts into Greek.

    1716, Myles Davies, Athenæ Britannicæ, book III, page 46

Origin

  1. LatinGraec(us)“Greek”
  2. EnglishGræcaster

Latin Graec(us) (“Greek”) + English -aster (“inferior imitator”)

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