name
Sylvester
sihl-VEHST
name
1
A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
2
A surname.
3
A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4
A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
5
An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
6
A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
7
A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.
noun
1
A ratchet device for pulling out pit props.
Word Forms
sylvesters plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.