Easter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on a Sunday in spring

   Their family attends church together on Easter.

2. 2
   noun

   regional, usually lowercase: a wind or storm blowing from the east

   A cold easter swept across the harbor before dawn.

From Middle English Ester and Old English ēastre. Bede associated the month-name with a goddess Ēostre, though evidence beyond his account is limited; the Germanic family is connected with words for east or dawn. The lowercase wind noun is a separate formation based on east.

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