epistler
epistler noun: a writer of an epistle.
Noun
epistler (plural epistlers)
- A writer of an epistle.
- their incorporation would have, probably, quite served to justify the Epistler both in his own eyes and in those of his public.1875, Matthew Arnold, God and the Bible
- The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
- These be my gospellers,
These be my pystyllers,
These be my querysters
To helpe me to synge,
My hawkes to mattens rynge!c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 120–124
- These be my gospellers,
Forms of epistler
| plural | epistlers |
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Origin of epistler
From epistle + -er.
Questions about epistler
- What does epistler mean?
- Epistler means a writer of an epistle.
- What part of speech is epistler?
- Epistler is a noun.
- What is the plural of epistler?
- The plural of epistler is epistlers.
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