Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kirkmaister

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kirk-mais-ter
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage

Etymology

From kirk (“church”) + maister (“master”), possibly a calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester (“churchmaster”).

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

kirkmaisters (plural) kirkmaster (alternative)

Questions

What does kirkmaister mean?: A churchwarden
Where does kirkmaister come from?: From kirk (“church”) + maister (“master”), possibly a calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester (“churchmaster”).

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