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caister

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
cais-ter
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Caister-on-Sea: a coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Caisters (plural)

Questions

What does caister mean?
Ellipsis of Caister-on-Sea: a coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).
Where does caister come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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