"Christer" meaning in All languages combined

See Christer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹaɪstɚ/ Forms: Christers [plural]
Etymology: From Christ + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Christ|er|id2=ideology}} Christ + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} Christer (plural Christers)
  1. (sometimes derogatory) A Christian who publicly displays his or her religion. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Hypernyms (person who publicly displays his religion): fundamentalist, fanatic, witness

Proper name [Norwegian]

Head templates: {{head|no|proper noun}} Christer
  1. a male given name derived from Christian, through a medieval form Christiern

Proper name [Swedish]

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Christer.wav Forms: Christers [genitive], Krister [alternative]
Etymology: Variant of Christian through a medieval form Christiern. First recorded in Sweden in 1484. Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Christers|g=c|head=}} Christer c (genitive Christers), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Christer c (genitive Christers)
  1. a male given name Tags: common-gender

Inflected forms

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