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Webster 1913 Edition


Faster

Fast′er

,
Noun.
One who abstains from food.

Webster 1828 Edition


Faster

F'ASTER

,
Noun.
One who abstains from food.

Definition 2024


faster

faster

See also: fäster

English

Adjective

faster

  1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Adverb

faster

  1. comparative form of fast: more fast

Etymology 2

fast (refrain from eating) + -er.

Noun

faster (plural fasters)

  1. Agent noun of fast (voluntarily refrain from eating); one who fasts.
Translations

Anagrams


Danish

Noun

faster c (singular definite fasteren, plural indefinite fastre)

  1. paternal aunt

Inflection

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

faster m, f

  1. indefinite plural of faste

Verb

faster

  1. present tense of faste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

faster f

  1. indefinite plural of faste

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fastr, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Adjective

faster

  1. fast, firm

Declension

Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish faþur systir, faþersyster, from Old Norse fǫðursystir.

Pronunciation

Noun

faster c

  1. paternal aunt

Declension

Inflection of faster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative faster fastern fastrar fastrarna
Genitive fasters fasterns fastrars fastrarnas

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