whitster

English

Etymology

Contracted from whitester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪtstə(ɹ)/, /ˈhwɪtstə(ɹ)/

Noun

whitster (plural whitsters)

1. Obsolete spelling of whitester.
   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

     the whitsters in Datchet mead

See also

• whityer

References

• “whitster”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• whitrets, whitters