"Caister" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Caisters [plural]
Etymology: From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|ċeaster||city, town}} Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), {{der|en|la|castrum||camp}} Latin castrum (“camp”), {{doublet|en|castrum|Chester}} Doublet of castrum and Chester Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Caister (countable and uncountable, plural Caisters)
  1. Short for Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
    Sense id: en-Caister-en-name-4v6DnkgM
  2. A habitational surname from Old English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Caister-en-name-zLJicHqr Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64

Inflected forms

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