pastor
pastor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.
- 2.(Zoöl.) A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- adviser
- apostle
- bear
- chalk
- clergy
- coach
- crammer
- dame
- director
- disciplinarian
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duenna
- example
- expositor
- for
- governess
- governor
- grinder
- guide
- guru
- imitation
- institutor
- instructor
- leader
- lecturer
- master
- mentor
- missionary
- model
- monitor
- nurse
- pedagogue
- pioneer
- preacher
- preceptor
- prelector
- professor
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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