Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)A churchwarden

Origin

From kirk (“church”) + maister (“master”), possibly a calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester

From kirk (“church”) + maister (“master”), possibly a calque of Middle Dutch keercmeester (“churchmaster”).

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Forms

plural: kirkmaisters

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kipperkirkkissB1kissablekisser

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