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covenanter

/ˈkʌvənəntə/KUH-vuh-nuhn-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈkʌvənəntɚ/KUH-vuh-nuhn-tur

Meaningone who covenants

Common meaning: a person bound by a covenant

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Journey through time

  1. Latinconuenire‘to come together’source
  2. Old Frenchconvenantsource
  3. Middle Englishcovenantsource
  4. Englishcovenant‘a solemn agreement’
  5. Englishformed in English from covenantcovenanter‘a person bound by a covenant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from covenant + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COVENANT, p.138 · scan

Source words

  • conuenire Latin · source word “to come together”

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