Monster

Monster

1. A surname.
   • 2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.

First attested as masemunster in 1013. Derived from Old Dutch *munster (“large central parish church”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.stər/
• Hyphenation: Mon‧ster
• Homophone: monster

Monster n

1. a village and former municipality of Westland, South Holland, Netherlands

   Synonym: Munsterdonck (Carnival nickname)

• Monsternaar
• Monsters

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “monster”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[2] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Borrowed in the 18th century from English monster.^[1] Doublet of Monstrum.

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Monster n (strong, genitive Monsters, plural Monster)

1. (colloquial) monster

   Synonyms: Monstrum, Ungeheuer

• Schwiegermonster

• “Monster” in Duden online