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Pasteur

Pasteur proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun

Pasteur

  1. A surname from French.
  2. (usually, when not otherwise specified) Louis Pasteur, a French biologist of the nineteenth century.

Origin of Pasteur

French pasteur, "shepherd". Doublet of Pastore.

Words formed from Pasteur

Phrases with Pasteur

Questions about Pasteur

What does Pasteur mean?
Pasteur means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Pasteur?
Pasteur is a proper noun.

Words near Pasteur in the dictionary

  1. pastes up
  2. pastette
  3. pastettes
  4. pasteup
  5. pasteups
  6. Pasteur
  7. Pasteur effect
  8. Pasteur effects
  9. Pasteur pipette
  10. Pasteur pipettes
  11. Pasteur's fluid

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