repaster

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English

Etymology

From repast +‎ -er.

Noun

repaster (plural repasters)

  1. (obsolete) One who takes a repast, or light meal.
    • 1804, William Herbert, Antiquities of the Inns of court and chancery, page 311:
      if any fellow of this house, being a commoner, or repaster, should, within the precincts of this house, wear any cloak, bootes and spurrs, or long hair, to pay for every offence 5s. for a fine, and also be put out of commons.
    • 1896, ‎Frederick Andrew Inderwick, ‎Richard Arthur Roberts, A Calendar of the Inner Temple Records - Volume 1, page 239:
      Order that "none of this company shall bring any repaster to the reader's drinking or dinner, the reader and stewards only excepted, upon pain of 10s.
    • 1901, Gray's Inn, ‎Reginald James Fletcher, The Pension Book of Gray's Inn, page 301:
      (2) That every repaster pay 2d ob the repast.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From English repaste.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʁə.pas.te/

Verb

repaster

  1. to repaste, to restick

Conjugation