Græcaster
English
Alternative forms
- Grecaster [18th century]
Etymology
Latin Graec(us) (“Greek”) + English -aster (“inferior imitator”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grēʹkăstər, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹiːkæstə/
Noun
Græcaster (plural Græcasters)
- (obsolete, rare) An obscure, insignificant Greek; a Greekling.
- 1716, Myles Davies, Athenæ Britannicæ, book III, page 46
- Some Grecaster about Constantin’s Time translated most of the Latin old Country-Tracts into Greek.
- 1716, Myles Davies, Athenæ Britannicæ, book III, page 46
References
- “†Græcaster” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]