Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

covenanter

/kˈʌvənəntɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: covenan-ter
IPA: /kˈʌvənəntɚ/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who makes a covenant.

noun

A member of a Scottish Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland during the 17th century.

Etymology

From covenant + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: covenant

Inflected Forms

covenanters (plural)

Derived Forms

Anticovenanter

Phrases

anti-Covenanter

Antonyms

noncovenanter

Questions

How do you pronounce covenanter?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈʌvənəntɚ/.
What does covenanter mean?: One who makes a covenant.
Where does covenanter come from?: From covenant + -er.

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