mester
mester is the obsolete form of mister.
Meaning of mister
Noun (1)
mister (plural misters)
- Alternative spelling of Mister, especially when used as a form of address without a name.
- You may sit here, mister.
- A man.
- There are too many misters and not enough sisters up in this club tonight, for my taste.
Noun (2)
mister (plural misters)
- Someone's business or function; an occupation, employment, trade.
- A kind, type of.
- The Redcrosse knight toward him crossed fast,
To weet, what mister wight was so dismayd[…].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- The Redcrosse knight toward him crossed fast,
- Need (of something).
- He is richt gude, Ane man of wealth and nobill blude, Bot hes mair mister of ane Hude.1603, Ane verie excellent and delectabill treatise intitulit Philotus
- Necessity; the necessary time.
- That the portis be mendytt and lokit and reformit as mister is.1543, John Stuart, Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen
Proper noun capitalized: Mester
Mester (plural Mesters)
- A surname.
Forms of mester
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mesters |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Mesters |
Words formed from mester
Questions about mester
- What does mester mean?
- Mester means a surname.
- What is mester the obsolete form of?
- Mester is the obsolete form of mister.
- What part of speech is mester?
- Mester is a proper noun.
Words near mester in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mester (page history and authors); Mester (page history and authors); mister (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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