PRESTER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. [Obs.]

2.
n.

One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement. [Obs.]

3.
n.

A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.]


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