Meanings
prester1
prester2
plural presters · plural rare presteres
- A waterspout.
Origin
prester · noun
- Old Frenchprestre
- Middle Englishprestre
- Englishprester
From Middle English prestre, from Old French prestre. Doublet of presbyter and priest.
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- Ancient Greekπρηστήρ“hurricane or waterspout attended with lightning; (in plural) veins of the neck when swollen by anger”
- New Latinprēstēr
- Englishprester
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”).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
prester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prester
“prester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prester. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prester,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prester.
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