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Sylvester

//sɪlˈvɛstɚ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  4. 4
    A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
  5. 5
    An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
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  1. 6
    A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
  2. 7
    A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A ratchet device for pulling out pit props. historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

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