coster

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English

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Noun

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coster (plural costers)

  1. Clipping of costermonger.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.
  2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Acraea.

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Anagrams

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Etymology

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From costa +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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coster (feminine costera, masculine plural costers, feminine plural costeres)

  1. sloping, steep
  2. (relational) side; lateral

Noun

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coster m (plural costers)

  1. slope
    Synonyms: costa, pendant, pujada
  2. (architecture) rafter, gable end
    Synonym: biga

Further reading

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin cōnstāre, present active infinitive of cōnstō.

Verb

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coster

  1. To cost

Conjugation

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  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin cōnstāre, present active infinitive of cōnstō.

Verb

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coster

  1. to cost (have a certain cost)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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