Easter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈiː.stə/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Easter is an adjective meaning (now dialectal) Eastern.
Meaning
(now dialectal) Eastern.
More Meanings
- comparative form of east: more east
- An easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east); especially, a strong one; a storm of such winds.
- To move toward the east.
Example Sentences
At 5 the wind eastered and came E. by N., that we went 2 knots […] .
A northeaster in one place may be an easter, a norther, or a souther in some other locality.
There had been a Little and a Meikle, and an Easter and a Wester Coull two centuries ago; and there had been a castle on the property […]
In the mean while, as our apartment was a corner one, and looked both east and north, I ran to the easter casement to look after Drummond.
Word Forms
- easters
- eastering
- eastered
Synonyms for easter
Depending on context, synonyms include eastwind, easterly, East.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include easterly, pasch, passover, santa, seder, doomsday.
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