Sylvester
/sɪlˈvɛstɚ/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A ratchet device for pulling out pit props. historical
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
- 2 A surname.
- 3 A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 4 A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
- 5 An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
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- 6 A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
- 7 A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.
Example
More examples"There are many teachers in the city of Sylvester."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.