Noun: mester
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | mester |
| Plural m | mesteres |
Sample Sentences
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Et sabede que nõ ouuerõ mester ayos, ca todo aprendíã moy bẽ de seu, quanto lles cõvĩjna. (And you must know that they didn't need tutors, because all they learned very well by themselves, everything that suited them) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 735:]
Nouns inflected like mester
solpor,
ordenador,
xograr,
xantar,
xaguar,
chamador,
branquexador,
petador,
batedor,
detonador,
cobertor,
multiplicador,
comparador,
proxector,
gerador,
reiseñor,
humidificador,
chuchamel,
glaciar,
traballador, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mester (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin ministerium, perhaps through Old Occitan. Cognate with Portuguese mister and Spanish menester. See: Latin Nouns '
ministerium', Portuguese Nouns '
mister', Spanish Nouns '
menester'.
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