English Explanatory Dictionary

Caister

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ellipsis of Caister-on-Sea: a coastal town and civil parish in Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG5212).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Caister Caisters

Etymology

From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester.

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