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Cheaster

/ˈt͡ʃiːstə(ɹ)/

Cheaster noun: a person who attends religious services only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter.

Noun

Cheaster (plural Cheasters)

  1. (slang) A person who attends religious services only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter.
    • Up to that point, we were Methodist Cheasters, as Martin called us. Went to a protestant church only on Christmas and Easter. We had a general faith in a Greater Being, but not much attention was paid to spiritual matters.2016, Ted Haynie, Ted's Shorts: One Man's Thoughts, page 310

Forms of Cheaster

pluralCheasters

Origin of Cheaster

Blend of Christmas + Easter.

Questions about Cheaster

What does Cheaster mean?
Cheaster means a person who attends religious services only twice a year, at Christmas and Easter.
What part of speech is Cheaster?
Cheaster is a noun.
How do you pronounce Cheaster?
Cheaster is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːstə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of Cheaster?
The plural of Cheaster is Cheasters.

Words near Cheaster in the dictionary

  1. chearfully
  2. chearfulness
  3. chearing
  4. chears
  5. Cheas
  6. Cheaster
  7. Cheasters
  8. cheat
  9. cheat code
  10. cheat codes
  11. cheat curl

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