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Lester

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛstɚ/

The English word “Lester” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Georgia.
  2. An unincorporated community in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the placename Leicester. * Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from Lestre in Normandy, from Old French Lestra, from Medieval Latin Laxtra, perhaps from extera (“exterior (part of a property)”). * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Lister. * Also as an English surname, variant of Laster. * As a Scottish and Irish surname, shortened from McLester.

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