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litster

litster noun: a dyer.

Noun

litster (plural litsters)

  1. (Scotland, UK, archaic) A dyer.
    • But it was the woolen industry that provided the elder Smibert with a livelihood, for as a litster he spent his days dyeing wool, which was then woven into cloth.1995, Richard H. Saunders, John Smibert: Colonial America's First Portrait Painter, Yale University Press, →ISBN, pages 1–2
    • Other women ran businesses that required reliance on a network of suppliers, sometimes of raw materials. Isobel Provand in the Canongate was a litster.2002, Margaret H. B. Sanderson, A Kindly Place?: Living in Sixteenth-Century Scotland, Tuckwell Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 122

Proper noun capitalized: Litster

Litster

  1. A surname.

Forms of litster

plurallitsters

Origin of litster

From Middle English litestere, from liten (“to dye”) (from Old Norse litr) + -stere (see -ster).

Questions about litster

What does litster mean?
Litster means a dyer.
What part of speech is litster?
Litster can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of litster?
The plural of litster is litsters.

Words near litster in the dictionary

  1. litres
  2. litro
  3. litRPG
  4. lits
  5. lits de justice
  6. litster
  7. litsters
  8. Litt
  9. Litt.D.
  10. litted
  11. littel

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