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s | prester |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun prester is

(obsolete) a priest or presbyter or prester can be a meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    prester

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) prestre. See priest.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A priest or presbyter.
    • Prester John

    Etymology 2

    (lena), from (etyl) (grc), meaning "to kindle or burn", and "to blow up, swell out by blowing".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
  • One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
    • (Webster 1913) ----