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festers

festers is the plural of fester.

festers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fester.

Meaning of fester

Noun

fester (plural festers)

  1. (obsolete) A fistula.
  2. A sore or an ulcer of the skin.
    • The larger the Spider, the warmer the climate or season of the year, and the more susceptible the wounded individual, so much worse will the effects be; and it is no therefore no wonder that people who would have a fester from a simple prick with a needle, should feel more violent effects from the...1848, Samuel Maunder, “SPIDERS. (Arachnida.)”, in The Treasury of Natural History; or, A Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature: In which the Zoological Characteristics that Distinguish the Different...
  3. The condition of something that festers; a festering; a festerment.

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Proper noun capitalized: Festers

Festers

  1. (plural) plural of Fester

Questions about festers

What is festers the plural of?
Festers is the plural of fester.
What part of speech is festers?
Festers is a proper noun.

Words near festers in the dictionary

  1. festeringly
  2. festerings
  3. festerment
  4. festerments
  5. festerous
  6. festers
  7. festery
  8. festgoer
  9. festgoers
  10. Festi
  11. festie

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