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Webster 1828 Edition


Ster

STER

, in composition, is from the Sax. Steora, a director. See Steer. It seems primarily to have signified chief, principal or director, as in the L. Minister, chief servant; but in other words, as in spinster, we do not recognize the sense of chief, but merely that of a person who carries on the business of spinning.

Definition 2024


stêr

stêr

See also: ster, Stèr, and -ster

Breton

stêr (rivière in French)

Noun

stêr f

  1. river

Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian (compare Persian ستاره (setâre), Pashto ستوری (storay), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly), Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (stārō)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hstar- (compare Sanskrit and Hindi तारा (tāra)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (compare Spanish estrella, Tocharian A śre, English star).

Noun

stêr f

  1. star (a luminous celestial body)
  2. star, celebrity

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