"kirkmaister" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: kirkmaisters [plural]
Etymology: From kirk (“church”) + maister (“master”), possibly a calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester (“churchmaster”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kirk|maister|t1=church|t2=master}} kirk (“church”) + maister (“master”), {{calque|en|dum|keercmeester|nocap=1|t=churchmaster}} calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester (“churchmaster”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kirkmaister (plural kirkmaisters)
  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A churchwarden Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal Synonyms: kirkmaster

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