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parson

/ˈpɑːsən/PAHR-suhn
/ˈpɑɹsən/PAHR-suhn

Meaningperson

Common meaning: a parish priest

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SWAN‘resound, sound’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 453, p. 746 · scan
  2. Late Latinpersonasource
  3. Old Frenchpersone‘person or parish priest’source
  4. Englishparson‘a parish priest’ · 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: Built on Late Latin persona ‘person’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PARSON, p. 423 · dictionary scan

Roots

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