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prester


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prester  \Pres"ter\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  from  ?  to  kindle  or 
  burn,  and  ?  to  blow  up  swell  out  by  blowing.] 
  1.  A  meteor  or  exhalation  formerly  supposed  to  be  thrown  from 
  the  clouds  with  such  violence  that  by  collision  it  is  set 
  on  fire.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  pl  One  of  the  veins  of  the  neck  when  swollen  with  anger 
  or  other  excitement.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prester  \Pres"ter\,  n.  [OF.  prestre.  See  {Priest}.] 
  A  priest  or  presbyter;  as  Prester  John.  [Obs.]