Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prester"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prester \Pres"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to kindle or
burn, and ? to blow up, swell out by blowing.]
1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from
the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set
on fire. [Obs.]
2. pl. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger
or other excitement. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prester \Pres"ter\, n. [OF. prestre. See {Priest}.]
A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.]
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