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Sylvester^¹

/sɪlˈvɛstɚ/

Rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin sylvester (“woody, rural”) from silva (“wood”); name of a saint whose feast day falls on December 31.

proper noun

A male given name from Latin used in English since the sixteenth century.
A surname.
A community in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A city, the county seat of Worth County, Georgia, United States.
An unincorporated community in Fisher County, Texas, United States.
A small town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States.
A town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States.

sylvester^²

noun sylvesters · Sylvester

historical A ratchet device for pulling out pit props.
Similar: nanny

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hercules, scots, wild, mentality, thinking, allochthon, bradley, silvester, silvestre, sylvestre, sylvanus, silvanus, silvius, sylvie, sylvanas, sylvia

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name male given name

Español	Silvestre
日本語	シルヴェスター Shiruvesutā
中文	西爾維斯特 /西尔维斯特 Xīěrwéisītè
Português	Silvestre
Français	Sylvestre
Deutsch	Silvester
Ελληνικά	Συλβέστρος Sylvéstros
Русский	Сильве́стр Silʹvéstr
العربية	سيلفستر
עברית	סִילְבֶסְטֶר silvéster

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@misc{sylvester_2026,
  title = {sylvester},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sylvester},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}