Meanings
nounsubsister (plural subsisters)
plural subsisters
- One who subsists.
a race of disobedient children, a progeny of beggars, a nation of bare subsisters on the soil
1843, Andrew Clarke, Tour in France, Italy and Switzerland: During the Years 1840 and 1841, page 25
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subsister. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subsister
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“subsister.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subsister. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subsister,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subsister.
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