Preest

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English Prest.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɾiːst/

Proper noun

Preest

  1. a surname, equivalent to English Priest
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      Riseth up, Sir Preest, and stondeth by me.
      [Rises up, Sir Priest, and stands by me.]

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 133
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