kirkmaister

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Etymology

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From kirk (“church”) +‎ maister (“master”), possibly a calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester (“churchmaster”).

Noun

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kirkmaister (plural kirkmaisters)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A churchwarden
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