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subsisters

subsisters is the plural of subsister.

Meaning of subsister

Noun

subsister (plural subsisters)

  1. One who subsists.
    • a race of disobedient children, a progeny of beggars, a nation of bare subsisters on the soil1843, Andrew Clarke, Tour in France, Italy and Switzerland: During the Years 1840 and 1841, page 25

Questions about subsisters

What is subsisters the plural of?
Subsisters is the plural of subsister.

Words near subsisters in the dictionary

  1. subsistency
  2. subsistent
  3. subsistential
  4. subsistently
  5. subsister
  6. subsisters
  7. subsisting
  8. subsists
  9. subsite
  10. subsites
  11. subsizar

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