English

Noun

Christer ‎(plural Christers)

1. (sometimes derogatory) A Christian who publicly displays his or her religion.
   • 1917, L. V. Hodgkin, A Book of Quaker Saints,

     The village people called his father 'Righteous Christer,' which shows that he too must have been 'stiff as a tree' in following what he knew to be right.

Synonyms

• (person who publicly displays his religion): fundamentalist, fanatic, witness

Norwegian

Proper noun

Christer

1. A male given name derived from Christian, through a medieval form Christiern.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Krister

Etymology

Variant of Christian through a medieval form Christiern. First recorded in Sweden in 1484.

Proper noun

Christer

1. A male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 60 621 males with the given name Christer living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.