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eastermost

eastermost adjective: easternmost.

Adjective

eastermost (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) easternmost
    • [139] [Footnote 139: Isola de Tierra, the eastermost of these islands of Juan Fernandez, in lat. 33 deg. 42' S. and long. 79 deg. 5' E. is about 15 English miles from E. to W. by 5-1/2 miles in its greatest breadth from N. to S. Besides this and Isola de Fuera, mentioned in the text, there is still...1591, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X
    • Two miles beyond the eastermost town there are black rocks, which continue to the uttermost cape or point of the land for the space of a league, after which the land runs E.N.E. Some negroes came down to these black rocks, whence they waved a white flag for us to land; but as we were near the...1824, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII

Examples of eastermost in a sentence

  • Two miles beyond the eastermost town there are black rocks, which continue to the uttermost cape or point of the land for the space of a league, after which the land runs E.N.E.1824, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VII:
  • Commodore, and ranged a line from the eastermost part of the fortifications to the outer part of the harbour.1907, John Biddulph, The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago:

Questions about eastermost

What does eastermost mean?
Eastermost means easternmost.
How do you use eastermost in a sentence?
Two miles beyond the eastermost town there are black rocks, which continue to the uttermost cape or point of the land for the space of a league, after which the land runs E.N.E.
What part of speech is eastermost?
Eastermost is an adjective.

Words near eastermost in the dictionary

  1. easterling
  2. easterlings
  3. easterly
  4. Easterlys
  5. Eastermonth
  6. eastermost
  7. eastern
  8. Eastern Abenaki
  9. Eastern Abnaki
  10. Eastern Acipa
  11. Eastern Arabia

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