Græcaster

English

Alternative forms

• Grecaster [18th century]

Etymology

Latin Graec(us) (“Greek”) + English -aster (“inferior imitator”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grēʹkăstər, IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːkæstə/

Noun

Græcaster (plural not attested)

1. (obsolete, rare) An obscure, insignificant Greek; a Greekling.
   • 1716, Myles Davies, Athenæ Britannicæ, book III, page 46:

     Some Grecaster about Constantin’s Time translated most of the Latin old Country-Tracts into Greek.

References

• “†Græcaster” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]