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pater cove

pater cove noun: a hedge priest.

Noun

pater cove (plural pater coves)

  1. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A hedge priest.

Forms of pater cove

pluralpater coves

Questions about pater cove

What does pater cove mean?
Pater cove means a hedge priest.
What part of speech is pater cove?
Pater cove is a noun.
What is the plural of pater cove?
The plural of pater cove is pater coves.

Words near pater cove in the dictionary

  1. patentors
  2. patents
  3. patents of precedence
  4. patentspeak
  5. pater
  6. pater cove
  7. pater coves
  8. pater familias
  9. patera
  10. paterae
  11. paterero

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