Christer

English

Etymology

From Christ +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹaɪstɚ/

Noun

Christer (plural Christers)

  1. (sometimes derogatory) A Christian who publicly displays his or her religion.
    • 1917, L. V. Hodgkin, A Book of Quaker Saints[1]:
      The village people called his father 'Righteous Christer,' which shows that he too must have been 'stiff as a tree' in following what he knew to be right.

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Proper noun

Christer

  1. a male given name derived from Christian, through a medieval form Christiern

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of Christian through a medieval form Christiern. First recorded in Sweden in 1484.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Christer c (genitive Christers)

  1. a male given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 60 621 males with the given name Christer living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.