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kempster

kempster is the alternative form of kembster.

Meaning of kembster

Noun

kembster (plural kembsters)

  1. (archaic, historical) A woman who cleans or combs out wool
    • A married woman who supplemented her family's income by brewing ale or combing wool for yarn would not have been identified in the records as a brewster or kembster.2005, Marjorie Keniston McIntosh, Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620, page 15

Proper noun capitalized: Kempster

Kempster

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a wool comber.

Forms of kempster

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Questions about kempster

What does kempster mean?
Kempster means a surname originating as an occupation for a wool comber.
What is kempster the alternative form of?
Kempster is the alternative form of kembster.
What part of speech is kempster?
Kempster is a proper noun.

Words near kempster in the dictionary

  1. kempo
  2. kemps
  3. Kemps Creek
  4. Kempsey
  5. Kempsford
  6. kempster
  7. kempsters
  8. Kempston
  9. Kempston Hardwick
  10. Kempston Rural
  11. Kempstons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kempster (page history and authors); Kempster (page history and authors); kembster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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